Profile: Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic
In Madeline Miller’s captivating novel, a feared and maligned goddess from the Odyssey addresses male anxiety about female power.
The Book Review Podcast: Tara Westover on Her Remarkable Life, From Survivalist Childhood to Cambridge Ph.D.
Tara Westover talks about her memoir, “Educated;” Mark Weinberg discusses “Movie Nights With the Reagans.”
Inside the List: A Traffic Jam Changed Her Life
Jacqueline Winspear was mired in London gridlock when her beloved fictional detective, Maisie Dobbs, popped into her head.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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: Liesl Schillinger on Meg Wolitzer.
Nonfiction: War Without End
In “No Turning Back,” Rania Abouzeid describes the people who suffer and endure in the Syrian civil war.
Nonfiction: Illuminating the Dark World of the Soviet Gulag, in Photos and Text
In “Never Remember,” Masha Gessen and Misha Friedman insist on the horrors of a Stalinist system that Russians today would rather deny or even praise.
Fiction: A Florida Trailer Park Awash in Lethal Weapons
Jennifer Clement’s “Gun Love” is the author’s second novel examining Americans’ fascination with firearms.
The Shortlist: Surviving Europe’s Horrendous 20th Century
Three books recount the struggles of individuals against modern totalitarianism.
Nonfiction: A Political Movement, Defining Itself by What It Hates
In “Alt-Right,” Mike Wendling provides a guide to America’s extreme right.
Children’s Books: If Graphic Novels Are Hip for Adults, Why Not Picture Books?
The latest from Sophie Blackall, David Wiesner and Jillian Tamaki show the form at its sophisticated best. They’re a treat for grown-up readers, too.
Visuals: John Ashbery, a Poet With Paper and Glue
A new book pairs some of Ashbery’s poems with the sophisticated and playful visual collages he also made over the course of his career.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Fiction: Are Her Characters Seeing Things? Maybe. Maybe Not.
The stories in Tatyana Tolstaya’s new collection, “Aetherial Worlds” — which flit between real and imaginary realms — light up with flashes of pure transcendence.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'The Chandelier' Is A Stop-Motion, Shaggy Dog Masterpiece
Brazilian modernist Clarice Lispector's second novel, written when she was 26, is an essentially story-free story, fragmentary and obsessed with the nature of thought — but it will carry you away.
(Image credit: Eslah Attar/NPR)
Nonfiction: A Memoir of Near-Death Experiences
Maggie O’Farrell’s “I Am I Am I Am” recounts a life lived on the brink of dying.
By the Book: John Lewis Gaddis: By the Book
The historian John Lewis Gaddis, whose new book is “On Grand Strategy,” finds train videos relaxing: “I especially recommend the six-hour run from Omsk to Novosibirsk, on which nothing happens.”
Nonfiction: Meet the Dreamers Who Walked 1,500 Miles to Stay in America
“The Making of a Dream,” by Laura Wides-Muñoz, recounts the long and unfinished battle for immigration reform through the stories of young activists.
Suffering From Nature Deficit Disorder? Try Forest Bathing
Positive scientific results aside, the idea of shinrin-yoku shouldn't be surprising: Who hasn't felt an inner sense of well-being when walking along a forest trail? asks commentator Marcelo Gleiser.
(Image credit: Andrew Clark/Getty Images/EyeEm)
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