The Book Review Podcast: Silk on a Stick
Aaron Retica talks about Tim Marshall’s “A Flag Worth Dying For,” and Jill Eisenstadt discusses her new novel, “Swell.”
Readers Come for the Characters but Stay for the Animals
“I was very struck by how beautiful this area was,” the eco-minded South Carolina novelist Mary Alice Monroe says, “and how quickly it can disappear.”
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Poetry: A Poet’s Bicoastal Conjurings, From Garden State to Golden Gate
August Kleinzahler’s double poetry collection, “Before Dawn on Bluff Road” and “Hollyhocks in the Fog,” shows how grounded he is in a sense of place.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Friendship or Identity Theft? In This French Best Seller, It’s Hard to Tell.
In Delphine de Vigan’s novel “Based on a True Story,” a novelist’s new friend insinuates herself into every aspect of the writer’s life.
Storms Transport a Woman Into a Stranger’s Life and Her Own Past
In Barbara Gowdy’s novel “Little Sister,” a flash of lightning temporarily transports a woman into a fascinating new self.
Nonfiction: A World’s Worth of Flags and What They Mean
Tim Marshall’s “A Flag Worth Dying For” looks at flags around the world — and what they mean.
Nonfiction: How an Agency of Oddballs Transformed Modern War and Modern Life
One small Pentagon enclave spawned stealth aircraft, armed drones and the internet. Fred Kaplan tells the story of Darpa in “The Imagineers of War.”
Fiction: A Prize-Winning French Novel About the Western Obsession With the East
In “Compass,” Mathias Énard’s odd and masterful novel, a Viennese musicologist is lost in dreams of a Levantine past.
Nonfiction: An Englishwoman’s Journals Cast Light on Belgium’s Plight in World War I
Rescued from a Belgian archive, “An English Governess in the Great War” is the diary kept by Mary Thorp in Brussels during the German occupation.
Ivory Tower: Whose Fault Is It Anyway? Three Books on the Shifting Nature of Responsibility in American Politics
How responsibility came to mean accountability — and why that matters for issues of justice and welfare reform.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to books about China, Justin Vogt’s review of “Raven Rock” and more.
I Absolutely Loooved My Afternoon With ‘Eloise’ Illustrator Hilary Knight
The New York Times domestic correspondent and “Eloise” fan Alexandra Jacobs enjoys a “rawther” pleasant meeting with the illustrator Hilary Knight.
Open Book: Backstage With Van Halen
There’s plenty of sex, drugs and absurdity in a new memoir by a former manager of the band.
Newsbook: During Wimbledon, 3 Books Give Insight Into World of Tennis
These 3 books explore the culture, personalities and politics of the sport.
'The Outer Cape' Shows Us That Every Place Has A Dark Side
Patrick Dacey puts his characters through the wringer in his new novel, a wrenching saga of a profoundly unhappy family set against the ostensibly idyllic background of Cape Cod.
(Image credit: Liam James Doyle/NPR)
By the Book: Don Winslow: By the Book
The author of “The Force” lists Ross Macdonald, James Crumley, Charles Willeford, Chester Himes and Robert B. Parker among his favorite classics: “Those guys turned crime writing into music.”
Nonfiction: How Martin Luther King Persuaded John Kennedy to Support the Civil Rights Cause
In “Kennedy and King,” Steven Levingston tells the story of an ardent activist, a cautious President, and leadership of a curious nature.
Critic’s Take: The Joy of Reading About Cooking
Tejal Rao on the deep comfort of reading cookbooks.
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