From the Graphic Novelist Seth, a Masterwork 20 Years in the Making
“Clyde Fans” tells the multigenerational story of a Toronto family who sells electric fans — a visual epic that captures the passage of time.
He Was a Famed Novelist of America’s Underclass. What Happened?
“Never a Lovely So Real,” a biography of Nelson Algren by Colin Asher, captures the human drama and literary achievement of a writer once considered among America’s greatest.
Golf Balls! Pencils! Whales! What Makes an Author’s Obsession a Thrill, Not a Bore?
Mary Norris considers how fixation-prone writers manage to captivate (or lose) their readers.
A Rich, Twisted, Gloriously Cacophonous Novel of Village Life
In Max Porter’s “Lanny” — equal parts fairy tale, domestic drama and fable — a mischievous little boy goes missing.
A Captivating Coming-of-Age Story Inspired by the Tudors
The young heroine of Dylan Meconis’s graphic novel “Queen of the Sea” learns how suddenly, and ruthlessly, fortune can turn a queen into a pawn.
A Venom-Spiked Cocktail of Marriage, Family and Murder
Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes” is a modern morality tale, a creepy, scary novel about the corrosive effects of money and power.
A Rich, Engrossing Family Saga, Spiked With Sisterly Malice
Claire Lombardo’s debut, “The Most Fun We Ever Had,” follows a family of four daughters through the decades.
Twenty Years After a Brutal Massacre, It’s Payback Time
Anita Anand’s “The Patient Assassin” documents the life of a peripatetic Indian laborer who waited decades for a chance to kill an official of the Raj.
New & Noteworthy, From R. Kelly to White House Corruption
A selection of recent books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
For an Immigrant Family, Sarajevo Still Casts Its Shadow
In a two-part memoir, “My Parents/This Does Not Belong to You,” Aleksandar Hemon shows how Bosnia and its wartime strife have shaped a life of exile.
For Fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, a Debut Novel of Female Psychosis
Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” sees the life of a bipolar teenager in gut-wrenching fragments.
A Presidential Candidate Assesses the Nation’s Political Ills
Michael Bennet’s “The Land of Flickering Lights” is a call to end the partisan stalemate in Washington.
Who Gets to Sit on the Supreme Court?
Carl Hulse’s “Confirmation Bias” recounts the recent battles to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat.
Jill Lepore on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Lepore discusses several new books about the Apollo 11 mission, and Julie Satow talks about the history of the Plaza Hotel.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent reviews in the Sunday Book Review about domestic violence, the state of conservatism in America and more.
Andrew Weissmann, a Top Mueller Prosecutor, Has a Book Deal
Mr. Weissmann appears to be the first prosecutor on the special counsel’s team to agree to write a book, though it is not clear how much he will reveal.
A Literal Rendering of Poems That Read Like Puzzles
The illustrator Tamara Shopsin offers her take on lines from the poetry of David Berman.
Great New Picture Books That Teach, Without Preaching
Sometimes kids need stories about the stuff they know already: how — and why — to hold hands. How — and why — to read books. How to be a good friend.
How to Be Good
Can moral philosophy teach us the best way to live?
Saving Girls From Sexual Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown
“The White Devil’s Daughters,” by Julia Flynn Siler, recounts the story of the crusading women (and a few men) who helped rescue thousands of young Chinese slaves between the 1870s and the 1930s.
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