New in Paperback: ‘Dead on Arrival,’ ‘Easternization’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Sketchbook: Wish List for Readers
A graphic gift guide revealing what every reader truly wishes for during the holidays.
Children’s Books: Big, Beautiful Books to Catch the Eye of Every Child
A kid-friendly guide to great art from David Hockney, an illustrated update of “The Jungle Book,” a travel book for fearless young explorers and more.
Nonfiction: The One-Hit Author Whose One Hit Had 12 Volumes
Hilary Spurling’s “Anthony Powell” relates the life of an author who is overlooked except for one major work, the multivolume “A Dance to the Music of Time.”
Nonfiction: Of Demogorgons and Purple Worms — a Visual History of Dungeons & Dragons
In a new book about the history of the famous role-playing game, a group of authors present hundreds of visual artifacts.
Nonfiction: Three Volumes of Nature Photography Take Us Back to Earth’s Innocent Roots
“Battlefields,” by Yan Morvan, “Bears Ears,” by Stephen E. Strom, and Peter and Beverly Pickford’s “Wild Land” transport readers, through stunning images, to the farthest corners of our planet.
Nonfiction: A British Christmas: Some Translation Required
Ruth Reichl retrieves memories of her own childhood as she reviews Nina Stibbe’s guide to making it through the holidays, “An Almost Perfect Christmas.”
Nonfiction: Rock-Your-World Moments Fill New Music Memoirs From Tina Turner and a Disillusioned Hit Maker
Both Turner’s “My Story,” a sequel to 1986’s “I, Tina,” and “Anything for a Hit,” from the music scout Dorothy Carvello, expose the sleazy power dynamics of the rock ’n’ roll business.
The Shortlist: 3 Books That Take Us Inside the Lives of Britain’s Royals
Ravens, love affairs and, yes, dirty laundry all shed light on the comings and goings of British royalty.
Crime: Buried by Snow or Stuffed in a Suitcase: The Bodies Add Up in Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column
Readers will delight in the unexpected characters in three new mysteries, from the female police cadet in Louise Penny’s new book to a crime-solving cub reporter down on his luck.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Match Book: Women and Maine
Novels, stories, mystery series and memoirs by female authors paint a variegated portrait of the Pine Tree State.
Nonfiction: The Greatest Composers Ever
In “The Indispensable Composers,” the New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini chooses the best of the bunch.
Profile: The New Booker Prize Winner Who May Never Write Again
Anna Burns, who for the last four and a half years has suffered from debilitating back pain and spent much of that time relying on state benefits, talks about the future.
'Come With Me' Lays Bare The Risks And Regrets Of Our Online Lives
Helen Schulman splices together an old-school family drama with high-tech fantasy in her new novel, a rich, closely observed story about regrets and risk-taking in the Internet age.
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The 10 Best Books of 2018
The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.
Gorgeous 'Black Future Month' Tracks A Writer's Development
N.K. Jemisin's new story collection is a story in itself, a chronicle of her career that has the seeds of her award-winning novels, but also lovely and thought-provoking stand-alone work.
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By the Book: Ellie Kemper: By the Book
The actress and author of the essay collection “My Squirrel Days” never finished “The Woman in White,” by Wilkie Collins: “Why did the woman wear so much white? I couldn’t sit with it long enough to find any answers.”
Witty And Stylish, 'Insurrecto' Offers An Inside View Of The Pain Of Colonization
Gina Apostol's dizzying new novel begin in present-day Manila before diving into the late 19th century — and the tortuous relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines.
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Books News: Margaret Atwood Will Write a Sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
The new book, “The Testaments,” is set 15 years later and is scheduled for release in September 2019.
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