Growing Up in the Margins Without Being Marginalized
The narrator of Jessica Andrews’s first novel, “Saltwater,” is a university graduate from the working class, trying to find her place in the wider world.
In a Dying Country, Garth Greenwell’s Narrator Comes Alive
For the American hero of “Cleanness,” part of the allure of Bulgaria is that it is disintegrating around him.
I Can’t Afford These First Editions, but I Buy Them Anyway
Stephen Marche on why he collects rare books and why our culture undervalues them.
Did the Civil Rights Movement Go Wrong?
In “The Age of Entitlement,” Christopher Caldwell argues that the source of today’s political divisions can be found in the reforms of the 1960s.
New in Paperback: ‘The Source of Self-Regard’ and ‘Horizon’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Revisiting Robert Peace and Self-Invention
This week, Anand Giridharadas reviews “The New Class War,” by Michael Lind. In 2014, Giridharadas wrote for the Book Review about “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace,” in which Jeff Hobbs wrote about his murdered college roommate.
What One Woman Packed and Another Woman Thought
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Larry Kramer Wishes More People Wrote About Gay History
“Most historians taken seriously are always straight. They wouldn’t know a gay person if they took him to lunch.”
The Obama Bounce Has Real Impact — and It Has Nothing to Do With Basketball
Here’s what happened when an author’s debut landed on the former president’s list of favorite books.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Heart-Stopping, Nerve-Shredding Race to Be America’s Deadliest Combat Pilot
“Race of Aces,” John Bruning’s action-fueled World War II narrative, follows the elite fighter pilots who competed to shoot down the most enemy planes.
Getting 21st-Century Kids to Read More Books
What could possibly make this generation of image-bombarded, constantly visually stimulated kids choose books more often? One answer lies in graphic novels.
The Union of the Kushners and the Trumps Seems Like Kismet
A new book considers the merging of real estate dynasties and its lasting impact on American democracy.
‘Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick,’ by Zora Neale Hurston: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick,” by Zora Neale Hurston
‘American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power,’ by Andrea Bernstein: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power,” by Andrea Bernstein
Remembering a Lover Who Never Revealed Her True Nature
The narrator of Jonathan Buckley’s novel “The Great Concert of the Night” uses a journal to keep alive memories of the enigmatic actress he loved.
An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters
In “The Secret Guests,” Benjamin Black imagines what might have happened had the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret been sent abroad during the Blitz.
Soon a Robot Will Be Writing This Headline
In “A World Without Work,” the economist Daniel Susskind argues that, unlike during past technological shifts, machines really are becoming smart enough to take over our jobs.
Reckoning With the Wounds Still Left by the Spanish Civil War
In his “nonfiction” novel “Lord of All the Dead,” Javier Cercas unearths the conflicted story of a relative who died serving in Franco’s army.
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