Nonfiction: Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’
In “God: A Human History,” the author of “Zealot” follows up his book about Jesus with one about God.
Nonfiction: Illuminating the Past, One Precious Book at a Time
Christopher de Hamel’s “Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts” uses a dozen rare illustrated volumes to transport readers back to the medieval world.
Front Burner: For Cat Lovers, a Book on the Guardians of the Liquor Cabinet
Brad Thomas Parsons’s “Distillery Cats” profiles the felines who patrol the world’s great distilleries.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Dispatches From Uncharted Territories
Books of fiction and nonfiction that mine the experience of men and women both powerful and ordinary who discover new truths in uncertain country.
Nonfiction: Millenniums of Tribulation
Simon Schama’s “Belonging: 1492-1900” recounts the history of a people who never seemed to belong anywhere.
Nonfiction: Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages
Eric Metaxas’ “Martin Luther” seeks to make its subject attractive to a wide reading audience.
Ursula K. Le Guin's Voice Rings Out In New Nonfiction Collection
Ursula K. Le Guin's mastery of fiction has remained so consistent, it's easy to overlook her accomplishments in other forms — but her new nonfiction collection goes a long way towards fixing that.
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Newsbook: Amid California Forest Fires, 3 Books Set Among Flames
These books explore historical fires and the lives they have touched.
The Book Review Podcast: Mary Beard on ‘Women & Power’
Beard discusses her new manifesto, and Hillary Chute talks about “Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere.”
Children’s Books: Live Art With Children’s Book Illustrators
Visual artists have always had an important place in children’s literature. Watch leading children’s books illustrators draw, paint, collage and discuss books with The Times’s children’s books editor, Maria Russo.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Mysteries Unfold in a Land of Minarets and Magic Carpets
The first of a projected trilogy, S. A. Chakraborty’s fantastical adventure novel, “The City of Brass,” riffs on the imagery of Islamic folklore.
Nonfiction: A Freed Hostage Audits the Murky Business of Captive Negotiations
In “The Trade,” the American journalist Jere Van Dyk relives the injustices he suffered both during and following his captivity at the hands of the Taliban.
Critic’s Take: Why Rupi Kaur and Her Peers Are the Most Popular Poets in the World
It’s less the content than the plain conversational style that gets Instapoets’ work dismissed as “not real poetry.”
Children’s Books: What the Shadow Knows: Picture Books on Runaway Reflections
Coincidence? In three new books, runaway shadows break away from their owners, seeking adventure and showing off their own personalities.
The Shortlist: Notebooks From an Argentine Master, and Other Works of South American Literature
New books by Ricardo Piglia, Rodrigo Hasbún and Santiago Gamboa offer takes on the artistic mind.
Children’s Books: In Armand Baltazar’s ‘Timeless,’ People, Dinosaurs and Robots Co-Exist
A cosmic event has reshuffled epochs. It’s up to a 13-year-old with “mixed” parents — from different eras — to keep the world on course.
Nonfiction: ‘Bloodlines’ Tracks Bloodshed Across the Border
Melissa del Bosque investigates a paramilitary drug cartel through the lens of a valiant F.B.I. agent, revealing binational brutality in grim detail.
Children’s Books: Your Kids Need a Laugh? Try the Short, Quirky Poems in This Book
“I’m Just No Good at Rhyming,” the debut collection from Chris Harris and Lane Smith, includes the silly, the whimsical, the absurd and more.
Inside the List: Tiffany Haddish on Bar Mitzvahs, Pimping and Other Rites of Passage
In her best-selling essay collection, “The Last Black Unicorn,” the star of “Girls Trip” writes about growing up in South Central Los Angeles.
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