New in Paperback: ‘Why Buddhism Is True,’ ‘The End of Eddy’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: Terrorists Killed 12 Nepalese Men. Was an American Military Contractor to Blame?
In “The Girl From Kathmandu,” Cam Simpson investigates the deaths of a dozen laborers en route to an American military base where they had never intended to go.
Essay: No Two People Read Exactly the Same Book, and That’s a Good Thing
Reading to his son, who has cerebral palsy, the poet Craig Morgan Teicher discovers the many-layered pleasures of sharing an experience that is inherently private.
Sketchbook: Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices
Grant Snider provides an illustrated reminder of what happens when kids are left to roam the stacks of a library.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Nonfiction: A Biography Chronicles the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
In “Agatha Christie,” by Laura Thompson, the author’s work is quoted extensively but little attention is given to how she committed all those murders.
Nonfiction: A Poet’s Memoir Explores Race, Addiction and a Fraught Father-Son Dynamic
In “Air Traffic,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo grapples with a complicated family legacy.
Children’s Books: Why Do Kids’ Books About Black Hair Draw So Much Attention — and Controversy?
I set out to write a warm, whimsical book about a black girl’s hair. Twenty years on, that’s still a powerful subject.
'Light Of The Stars' Looks To Other Planets To Illuminate Climate Change On Earth
Adam Frank's valuable new book looks at the history of our search for other planets — and uses lessons drawn from outer space to shed light on the effect humans are having on our own planet.
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Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Lisa Zeidner’s review of “The Country Life.”
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'A Place For Us' Is A Skillfully-Drawn Family Saga
Fatima Farheen Mirza's first novel follows an Indian-American Muslim family — at its best, a happy family, but torn by tensions between a father and son who keep missing opportunities to connect.
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Fiction: James Wood’s New Novel Confronts the Mystery of Other Minds
In the New Yorker critic’s contemplative new novel, “Upstate,” a despairing philosopher, her father and her sister reflect on life’s big questions.
Nonfiction: How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?
Benjamin Carter Hett’s “The Death of Democracy” traces the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Third Reich.
By the Book: Michael Ondaatje: By the Book
Michael Ondaatje, whose most recent novel is “Warlight,” loves characters “on the periphery”: “Convicts, abandoned lovers, the dog that pulled someone out of quicksand.”
Character Study: President Washington, Your Library Books Are Overdue
Carolyn Waters runs New York City’s oldest library, and is a den mother to the many writers who flock there to work.
Nonfiction: Click ‘Delete’ to Save Your Soul
In his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now,” the virtual-reality pioneer Jaron Lanier argues that social media companies are turning us into robotic extensions of their machines.
Nonfiction: What Do Mark Twain, Carpentry and Commodes Have in Common?
They’re all fodder for Richard Russo in his first nonfiction collection, “The Destiny Thief.”
'Betty' Casts A Quirky Light On Life After Breast Cancer
This graphic novel from creators Julie Rocheleau and Vero Cazot is a light, often zany story of a woman dealing with breast cancer that never loses its grounding in the real pain she's going through.
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Nonfiction: Seymour M. Hersh — the Journalist as Lone Wolf
Hersh’s memoir, “Reporter,” describes his fruitful, if acrimonious, relationships with the editors and publications in his life, including The Times.
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