A Return to Middle-Earth, 44 Years After Tolkien’s Death
In “Beren and Luthien,” J.R.R. Tolkien’s son traces the romance between a human and an elf through his father’s notes and drafts and epic poems.
Nonfiction: A Poet’s Loving Take on Her Unorthodox Catholic Family
In her memoir “Priestdaddy,” the poet Patricia Lockwood writes about growing up the daughter of an irrepressible Catholic priest.
Nonfiction: Lenin’s Return From Exile Put Russia on the Fast Track to Revolution
In “Lenin on the Train,” Catherine Merridale explains how Russian chaos in 1917 helped lead to a dictatorship in the name of the proletariat.
Nonfiction: A Counterterrorism Expert Explains How We Got Here and What Lies Ahead
In “Anatomy of Terror,” the former F.B.I. agent Ali Soufan assesses the relentless spread of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Fiction: Arundhati Roy’s Return to the Form That Made Her Famous
In her first novel since the legendary “God of Small Things,” Roy writes of a group of outcasts who come together during a protest in India.
Fiction: Insects Falling on Books, and Other Tales of Unsettling Trespasses
In “Bad Dreams and Other Stories,” Tessa Hadley flips over the surface of things to disclose the uncanny within all that is commonplace.
Fiction: Elephants Escape Time and Space in These Stories’ Porous Borders
The short stories in Kanishk Tharoor’s debut collection, “Swimmer Among the Stars,” span space and time.
Fiction: A Noir Novel of Motherhood, With a Modern Twist
“Woman No. 17,” Edan Lepucki’s second novel, examines notions of art, identity and motherhood. The men who dominate noir are nowhere to be found.
Fiction: Filial Devotion, Sorely Tested in Minae Mizumura’s Novel
In “Inheritance From Mother,” a middle-aged woman must deal with her aging and demanding mother and her husband’s infidelity.
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Fiction: A Blue-Collar Specialist Takes a Turn at Well-Off Professionals
In a new collection, “Trajectory,” Richard Russo focuses less on his usual down-at-the-heel characters than on members of the upper middle class.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Bookends: What Distinguishes Cultural Exchange from Cultural Appropriation?
Rivka Galchen and Anna Holmes discuss the line between artistic license and cultural theft.
'The Alice Network' Is A Crackling Tale Of Spies And Suspense
Set in 1947, Kate Quinn's novel follows two indomitable women, a math whiz and a retired spy, in a truly fabulous car as they pursue a quest through war-torn Europe in search of a missing relative.
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By the Book: Elin Hilderbrand: By the Book
The author of “The Identicals” says that for a literary dinner party, she would invite J.D. Salinger, John Cheever and Flannery O’Connor: “I’m serving very cold Veuve Clicquot and a bowl of mixed nuts.”
'Opening Wednesday' Dusts Off Some Overlooked Cinematic Treasures
Charles Taylor's new book collects his writings about cult classics of the 1970s — films like Two-Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point and Foxy Brown — and what they say about the culture of that era.
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'Stephen Florida' Goes To The Mat — And Wins
Gabe Habash's audacious coming-of-age novel follows a charismatic, troubled, sometimes repellent college wrestler who comes close to the edge of madness after an injury derails his final season.
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The Shortlist: Feminism Takes Form in Essays, Questions and Manifestos
Moira Weigel curates a selection on five books that address child rearing, happiness and ambition with a feminist lens.
Crime: In a New Crime Lineup, a Supine Swede and Private Eyes With Bad Habits
Swedish sausages and Montana wildfires figure in two new crime novels. Also a 19th-century female sleuth and a P.I. who’s addicted to cocaine.
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