Poetry: In ‘The Octopus Museum,’ Brenda Shaughnessy Sees a Cephalopod Future
Haunted by climate change, the poet’s postapocalyptic fifth collection envisions a world where humans have ruined things for everyone.
The Checkup: In Classic Children’s Books, a Window to Childhood in Past Centuries
Rare children’s books, made available online through the Library of Congress, show both the constants and the evolution in children’s literature.
Essay: Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?
There are more than 70,000 dog books on Amazon, in every conceivable genre. What do they say about our relationship with canines?
The Book Review Podcast: Connecting the Dots Between Reconstruction and Jim Crow
Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about “Stony the Road” and “Dark Sky Rising,” and David Wallace-Wells discusses “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Audiobooks: Valerie Jarrett, Amber Tamblyn and Alyssa Mastromonaco Tell Personal Stories of Female Empowerment
Three audiobook memoirs, narrated by the authors, recount individual paths to success with universal lessons.
Nonfiction: A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past
Adam Morris’s history tells the story of the many colorful and charismatic religious outlaws who blazed through the American story.
Sketchbook: The Agony of Walter Benjamin
The artist Frédéric Pajak’s hybrid book “Uncertain Manifesto” is haunted by the philosopher’s encounters with fascism, among much else, as these illustrated panels show.
The Shortlist: Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder
In “Doomstead Days,” Brian Teare tracks climate change on his walks. In “Sight Lines,” Arthur Sze balances firing squads and rowboats. In “Brute,” Emily Skaja escapes a violent relationship. In “Hold Sway,” Sally Ball monitors tragedies averted.
Children’s Books: Y.A. Novels That Let Teenage Boys Be Vulnerable
The characters in these novels grew up with strict rules about masculine strength and dominance. But extreme situations force them to let go of all that.
Inside the List: Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Debuts on the List at No. 3
Big crowds at her book-tour events are buoying sales for the Irish writer dubbed the ‘Salinger for the Snapchat generation.’
Nonfiction: Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice.
Jennifer L. Eberhardt’s “Biased” examines the unwitting ways that racial categories and stereotypes continue to affect human behavior.
From Our Archives: Revisiting a Mother and Daughter in Vivian Gornick’s “Fierce Attachments”
Vivian Gornick’s 1987 memoir “Fierce Attachments” traces the volatile relationship she had with her mother.
New in Paperback: ‘Property,’ ‘Two Sisters’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Fiction: In This Novel, the Fate of an Indian Slum Is in the Hands of Its Women
In Mathangi Subramanian’s debut, “A People’s History of Heaven,” five girls represent the fate of a nation.
Fiction: A TV Comic Invites a Young Staffer to His Country House. Then Something Funny Doesn’t Happen.
In Erin Somers’s debut, “Stay Up With Hugo Best,” a 60-something retired late-night host invites his 29-year-old writers’ assistant to New England for a long weekend.
Help Desk: No to Pseudoscientific Diets! Yes to Less Stress About Food!
Judith Newman’s Help Desk column tackles myths about what we eat, how we gain weight and what we see when we look in the mirror.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: Two Novels for and About Lost Millennial Women
The directionless heroines of Jen Beagin’s “Vacuum in the Dark” and Halle Butler’s “The New Me” follow in the footsteps of Ottessa Moshfegh and Catherine Lacey.
By the Book: By the Book: Gary Snyder
The poet, essayist and environmentalist cites Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” as an inspiration: “Ovid in a sense tried to write the entire Roman story. I take it as a challenge to look for the storyteller of the planet.”
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