Fiction: A Road Trip Novel Distills America Through Gary Shteyngart’s Hipstamatic Mind
In “Lake Success,” a Wall Street finance bro, loaded down with troubles, hops on a Greyhound bus headed west.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Essay: Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey?
Twenty years after the publication of her memoir about her relationship with J.D. Salinger, Joyce Maynard revisits the book’s vicious reception.
Books of The Times: An Epic From Iceland, Complete With Unicorns, Angels and a Stamp-Collecting Werewolf
Sjon’s “CoDex 1962” is a romance, a crime novel and a science fiction story — for starters.
Nonfiction: The Father of Personal Computing Who Was Also a Terrible Dad
With “Small Fry,” Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the first child of Steve Jobs, delivers an eloquent memoir of a childhood steeped in emotional abuse.
Nonfiction: What Are the Biggest Problems Facing Us in the 21st Century?
In “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, the historian takes on everything from terrorism to inequality.
Match Book: Help: My Child Doesn’t Know Another President Besides the Current One
Picture books to educate children — and reassure ourselves — about the foundations and importance of democracy.
Nonfiction: The Sniping Scientists Whose Work Saved Millions of Lives
Michael Kinch’s “Between Hope and Fear: A History of Vaccines and Human Immunity” recounts the brilliant insights and bitter rivalries behind the discoveries of lifesaving vaccines.
Fiction: Lee Child Reviews a Debut Novel That’s Vintage Texas Noir
Randy Kennedy’s “Presidio” follows the flight to the Mexican border of a car thief turned accidental kidnapper.
The Book Review: The Uses and Misuses of Identity
“Very often, the identity labels we use tell you much less than you might think,” Kwame Anthony Appiah says.
Our Back Pages: 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: Emily Dickinson’s letters and poems.
The Shortlist: A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead
Four new books — from Peter Mayle, Eric Hazan, Mark Greenside and the team of Stéphane Hénaut and Jeni Mitchell — explore the riches of Gallic culture.
Fiction: ‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession
In Ceridwen Dovey’s new novel, a wealthy benefactor and his much younger protégée resume contact after a 17-year break.
Nonfiction: Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat
In “Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods,” the usually scathing critic William Logan unearths the historical context behind some beloved poems.
Fiction: ‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine
When the Barlows — eccentric academics — and the lawyerly Cohens meet at their children’s rehearsal dinner in Grace Dane Mazur’s novel, polite chatter soon skids off the rails.
Fiction: Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’?
“Notes From the Fog” features the author’s trademark humor and a vision of society both devastatingly bleak and seemingly plausible.
Inside the List: He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.
Ron Stallworth joined the Klan as a black detective working undercover in 1978. Now his memoir, “Black Klansman,” is a best seller — and an acclaimed film.
New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Children’s Books: Picture Books Tell Children the Harsh Stories of Migrants and Refugees
The dark, dangerous realities are not glossed over, but they’re presented with a gentle touch by these storytellers and artists.
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