Nonfiction: The Licentious Life and Times of Jann Wenner
In “Sticky Fingers,” the first biography of the Rolling Stone co-founder and editor, Joe Hagan holds nothing back.
Children’s Books: Notable Children’s Books of 2017
The best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by the children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review.
Critic’s Notebook: Why ‘Wonder,’ the Movie, Can’t Best the Book It’s Based On
The film version of a book often has an unfair advantage. But R.J. Palacio’s best-selling novel offers much more than meets the eye.
'The Green Hand' Captures The Colorful Essence Of The Uncanny
Previously, American comics fans would've been lucky to discover French artist Nicole Claveloux in old issues of Heavy Metal magazine. Now, her delightfully weird work has been compiled in a new book.
(Image credit: New York Review Comics)
Brush Up Your Shelley With 'Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years'
Christopher Frayling's new celebration of Frankenstein is half art book, half scholarly study, tracing the famous monster's path from page to stage to screen, just in time for his 200th birthday.
(Image credit: Reel Art Press)
A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres
Nigeria has become a major exporter of literary talent, and now one publisher, Cassava Republic, is expanding to the United States.
Inside the List: Your Favorite Authors Recommend Their Favorite Books
Four books to read now, as suggested by Jacqueline Woodson, Celeste Ng, Kurt Andersen and Neil de Grasse Tyson.
Nonfiction: An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds
In his first essay collection, “True Stories,” the English writer Francis Spufford weighs in on Antarctica, science fiction and those annoying atheists.
Nonfiction: An Ecstatic, Troubled Poet Comes to Life in a New Biography
In “James Wright: A Life in Poetry,” Jonathan Blunk traces the great writer’s inspirations, obsessions and friendships.
Nonfiction: Little Farm on the Prairie
In “This Blessed Earth,” Ted Genoways writes about a Nebraskan farmer and his family as they try to adapt to changing times.
The Shortlist: First Novels Tackle Sexism and Prejudice, Past and Present
Four debut novelists take readers from 19th-century China to the present-day Middle East and Australia, with stops in Rio and the American Midwest.
Open Shelves: Making “Manhattan Beach”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan gives a tour of the private book stacks from which she drew inspiration for her latest novel.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: A Form of Literary Alchemy That Resurrects the Past
“Swallowing Mercury,” a novella by Wioletta Greg that was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, is set in rural Poland during the Cold War.
Nonfiction: The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century
Leslie Peirce’s “Empress of the East” tells the story of the slave girl who rose to become Queen of the Ottomans.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to “Draft No. 4,” “Schlesinger” and more.
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: Eleanor Cameron on the import of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
100 Notable Books of 2017
The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
Nonfiction: The Cookbook Addict
Jane Kramer’s “The Reporter’s Kitchen” explains how she approaches life through food and food through life.
Nonfiction: Iconic Food Writers Toppled Off Their Pedestals
Justin Spring’s “The Gourmands’ Way” offers a critical group portrait of the Americans who introduced French food to post-World War II America.
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