Fiction: A Fictional Priest Uncovers a Long History of Clerical Child Abuse
In “Crimes of the Father,” set in 1990s Australia, Thomas Keneally’s latest subject is the widespread problem of sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church.
Nonfiction: The Quest for Immortality, Rebooted
In “Heavens on Earth,” Michael Shermer explores the lengths to which mankind will go to ensure our souls’ survival beyond existence on this mortal coil.
Nonfiction: Finding Oneself in a Coffin
In his latest book, the author David Giffels tries to understand death by building the box he wants to be buried in.
Nonfiction: Losing Her Religion
In “The Book of Separation,” the novelist Tova Mirvis recalls leaving her marriage and her Modern Orthodox life.
Memento: Harriet Tubman’s Hymnal
Words the Civil War abolitionist could not read, but still held sacred.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Shortlist: If Tea Isn’t Your Cuppa, How About Beer, Wine or Coffee?
Drink deep of the details of winemaking, the history of coffee, the nature of beer and the appreciation of fine spirits in four new books.
Nonfiction: Two Authors Examine Biblical History for Clues About Faith
In “The Great Shift,” James L. Kugel explores changing notions of God; in “The Exodus,” Richard Elliott Friedman argues that early Jews really did flee Egypt.
Nonfiction: Eat, Pray, Laugh
Adam Valen Levinson’s “The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah” is an irreverent memoir about an American man who has a coming-of-age in the Middle East.
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: Richard Gilman on the religious novel.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to reviews in recent issues.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Read Up on Your New Year’s Resolutions Before You Begin
The Book Review’s Help Desk columnist gives her choices of the best in self-help and how-to of 2017.
Nonfiction: In ‘Bethlehem,’ Tracing the Life of a Storied Little Town
Nicholas Blincoe’s biography of the West Bank city begins with its roots as a trading post in the eighth century B.C. and follows it to the present.
By the Book: Francis Ford Coppola: By the Book
The filmmaker shares the novels that most influenced his movie career and why he no longer looks to books for material for his films.
profile: An American Jewish Author Now Calls Germany Home
Moving from English to German, thanks to Yiddish, has helped Deborah Feldman find her voice and her purpose.
Crime: Even on Christmas Eve, Criminals Don’t Take a Holiday
Marilyn Stasio’s column features tales of murder and mayhem, from cozy to grisly, all decked out in the finery of the season.
Nonfiction: The Catholic Writer Garry Wills Explores the Quran
Lesley Hazleton reviews Wills’s new book, “What the Qur’an Meant.”
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Return To 'B Planet' In this Timely New Anthology
In Bitch Planet: Triple Feature, creators Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro turn a score of talented writers and artists loose in the world of their futuristic feminist dystopia comic.
(Image credit: Image Comics)
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