‘Ramadan Ramsey’ Is a Story About Hope in Even the Harshest of Circumstances
Louis Edwards’s latest follows a young boy who seems destined for a life of disappointment but proves that a positive attitude can lead to great rewards.
‘Mrs. March’ Is a Housewife on the Brink. What’s Pushing Her Over the Edge?
Virginia Feito’s debut novel features a woman persuaded that her husband, a celebrated writer, has skewered her in his latest book. Is she right?
Book Review: “The State Must Provide,” by Adam Harris
“The State Must Provide,” by Adam Harris, shows how a history of racism and exclusion shaped higher education.
Who’s a Liberal?
Paul Sabin’s “Public Citizens” suggests that the antigovernment arguments of reformers like Ralph Nader paved the way for Ronald Reagan’s conservatism.
John Lewis’s Sequel to His Award-Winning Graphic Memoir, ‘March’
“Run: Book One” is a timely reminder that efforts to keep prospective voters from casting their ballots are nothing new.
When Sickness Eclipses Health, How Does a Marriage Survive?
Eleanor Henderson chronicles her family’s herculean struggle with illness in her memoir, “Everything I Have Is Yours.”
Andrew Sullivan, No One’s Ally, Tells It as He Sees It
Sullivan’s new collection, “Out on a Limb,” traces his opinions and battles across 32 tumultuous years.
America’s Dismal Foreign Policy — and What to Do About It
Andrew Bacevich’s “After the Apocalypse” analyzes the role of the United States in the world and concludes major changes are needed.
Katie Kitamura Talks About ‘Intimacies’
Kitamura discusses her new novel, and James Lapine talks about “Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created ‘Sunday in the Park With George.’”
‘One of You Is a Monster’
In her latest column, Sarah Weinman explores four new novels, each dark in a different way.
The Lifesaving Power of Storytelling
In Donna Barba Higuera’s dystopian novel, “The Last Cuentista,” folk tales are a girl’s only hope of leading her brainwashed shipmates out of darkness.
A Chinese American Girl Learns That Her Name Contains Multitudes
Meilan, the protagonist of Andrea Wang’s debut middle grade novel, is really many Meilans — each inspired by a different Chinese character that sounds like her name.
The Icelandic Saga That Keeps Rita Dove Coming Back for More
“Bleak, modernist stuff! And yet revisiting that litany of betrayals and cruelties never fails to stir my spirits.”
A Novel Explores What Happens When Adoption Means Maladaptation
The narrator of Ashley Nelson Levy’s debut novel, “Immediate Family,” grapples with infertility and with a brother who’s never quite fit in.
In Literary Fiction, Are Capital-P Politics Always at Play?
Nawaaz Ahmed’s debut, “Radiant Fugitives,” sets an intimate family story against the Obama-era backdrop it can’t escape.
New in Paperback: ‘Aftershocks’ and ‘Here We Are’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Appalachian Trail, the 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The American Resistance Leader Executed on Hitler’s Orders
In the 1930s, Rebecca Donner’s great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack helped organize a clandestine circle of anti-Nazi resisters in Berlin. In “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” Donner tells Harnack’s story.
From Anthony Veasna So, Glimpses of Cambodian Life in California
The author set many of the stories in his posthumously published debut, “Afterparties,” in and around his native Stockton.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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