Fiction: He’s a Lifer at Angola. He’s Black. Was He Falsely Convicted?
Zachary Lazar’s new novel, “Vengeance,” parses some hard truths about racial injustice and the country’s incarceration crisis.
Crime: A Politician With Real Killer Instincts
A murderous senator is the prime villain in the Crime column, followed by a predatory teacher. Also on hand: a society murder and tasty French food.
The Shortlist: Three Sparkling Debuts, Joined by New York City
One novel follows a group of gay ballroom dancers, another traces the life of a wealthy single mother and a third tells the story of a Brooklyn artist.
Nonfiction: Aggro-Texting From the Syrian Jihad
Why would two Norwegian teenagers abandon life at home for ISIS? Asne Seierstad’s absorbing new book, “Two Sisters,” attempts to answer the question.
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: Robert Edmond Jones on “The Theatre of Tomorrow.”
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Free Comic Book Day 2018: A Guide To The Best Bets And The Best Avoided
For the 10th year in a row, NPR's Glen Weldon reviews the 52 free comic books you'll be able to pick up in comics shops across the nation on Saturday, May 5th.
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Nonfiction: How a Racist Sheriff Railroaded a Disabled Teenager and Got Off
“Beneath a Ruthless Sun,” by the Pulitzer winner Gilbert King, is a searing true account of corrupt law enforcement, racial violence and heroism in Jim Crow Florida.
Exclusive Audio: In New Memoir, Sen. John McCain Rests His Case
Throughout his life, McCain has been stubbornly individual, at times cantankerous and even exasperating to friend and foe alike, relishing his political persona as "The Maverick."
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Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Nonfiction: What Happens When the President Ignores — and Even Belittles — His Own Intelligence Community?
The former C.I.A. head Michael Hayden lays out the dangers in his new book, “The Assault on Intelligence.”
'Your Black Friend' Is Back, With Plenty To Say
Ben Passmore expands on his popular self-published 2016 comic — also called Your Black Friend — in this new volume, jam packed with dense, brilliantly colored drawings and thoughtful reflections.
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In 'My Ex-Life,' A Snappy, Enjoyable Look At Love's Many Splendors
Stephen McCauley's new novel is a charming comedy of manners about second chances and fresh starts, full of zingers about eternal targets like divorce settlements and college admissions.
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By the Book: John McCain: By the Book
Senator John McCain, whose new book is “The Restless Wave,” thinks all children should read “Huckleberry Finn”: “It’s funny and it’s scary, and it teaches us to see past our differences.”
Nonfiction: What Trained Bears Can Teach Us About Formerly Authoritarian Countries
In “Dancing Bears,” the Polish journalist Witold Szablowski uses the stories of liberated circus animals to illuminate various nations’ uncertain paths to democracy.
Bookshelf: Two New Works of Fiction About Mass Transit and a Daring Female Pilot
The actor David Duchovny’s third novel was inspired by a Yeats play, “The Only Jealousy of Elmer,” while Theasa Tuohy’s book was inspired by a 2010 Times obituary.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Traces the Filipino Experience in the United States
Elaine Castillo’s “America Is Not the Heart” exposes the social injustices of life as an immigrant in 1990s California.
Essay: The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times
Nikolai Gogol, the 19th-century author and playwright, understood better than any artist since what “perfect nonsense goes on in the world.” Julian Lucas explains.
Nonfiction: A Disaster at Sea, Animated by 26 Hours of Black-Box Recordings
The transcript from El Faro’s voyage data recorder is the most detailed record of a maritime disaster ever, and with “Into the Raging Sea” Rachel Slade makes excellent use of it.
On 'Adjustment Day,' A Quick, Horrifying Descent Into Madness
Chuck Palahniuk's new novel is a black-hearted satire that imagines an America in which angry men engineer a purge of everyone who's ever upset them — and then have to rebuild the country afterwards.
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