Nonfiction: The Man Who Pioneered Food Safety
In “The Poison Squad,” Deborah Blum tells the story of the early-20th-century U.S.D.A. inspector who changed the way we think about food.
The Book Review: Barry Jenkins and Meg Wolitzer on Two of This Season’s Novels on Screen
Jenkins talks about his adaptation of James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and Wolitzer discusses the adaptation of her novel “The Wife.”
Fiction: A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World
“CoDex 1962,” by the Icelandic cult writer Sjon, is a trippy, philosophical, shaggy-dog novel combining a love story, a crime mystery and a science-fiction thriller in one.
Fiction: In Haruki Murakami’s New Novel, a Painter’s Inspiration Is Supernatural
The Japanese novelist’s latest book, “Killing Commendatore,” features a stymied artist, a haunted painting and a host of paranormal mysteries.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: Kurt Eichenwald’s Memoir of a ‘Mind Unraveled’
A journalist’s traumatic story of epilepsy and his struggle to have it treated seriously, and properly, in his college years.
Reading Room: 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love
The message here: A library is much more than its books.
Nonfiction: The Library Fire That Ignited an Author’s Imagination
Susan Orlean’s “The Library Book” is an absorbing account of the 1986 fire that devastated the Los Angeles Central Library and a homage to libraries everywhere.
Visuals: Mapping Out Where Noir Lives in the City of Angels
Los Angeles has long been the perfect backdrop from crime writers. This map of the city will help you find the setting for nine books, classic and new.
The Book Review: Michael Lewis and Tana French on Their Latest Books
“It wouldn’t have been exciting before Trump,” Michael Lewis says of “The Fifth Risk.” “I think Trump’s electrified all the material.”
Inside the List: Neil deGrasse Tyson on How Space Scientists Have Long Been an ‘Accessory to War’
Tyson’s new book shows how the technologies that advanced our knowledge of the universe were designed with military advantage in mind.
From Our Archives: 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: Paula Giddings on Steven R. Carter’s “Hansberry’s Drama.
Children’s Books: Young Adult Books That Plunge Into the Ecstasies, and Agonies, of Teenage Life
New novels about road trips, summer jobs and first love as well as darker realities: mental illness, body issues, the threat of gun violence.
Nonfiction: A Mother’s Pain, a Daughter’s Addiction
In “If You Love Me,” Maureen Cavanagh chronicles her family’s journey through her daughter Katie’s heroin addiction.
Nonfiction: She Lost Her Father, Her Health and All She Held Dear. At Least She Found Perspective.
Alethea Black’s memoir, “You’ve Been So Lucky Already,” traces her journey from grief to religious faith.
The Shortlist: Three Canadian Novels Test the Bonds — and Boundaries — of Family
Fiction from and about our northern neighbors revealing parents and children in turmoil.
Fiction: The Story of the Girl Who Volunteered To Be Imprisoned by the Nazis
Luce D’Eramo’s incredible tale of bravery or insanity, described in “Deviation,” has been translated into English for the first time.
New in Paperback: ‘An American Family,’ ‘Red Clocks’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Graphic Content: Comics of Violence and Nostalgia From War-Torn Syria
In her column, Hillary Chute explores work from Riad Sattouf, Don Brown, Molly Crabapple and Marwan Hisham.
Fiction: His Short Story Inspired ‘Rashomon.’ His Life Has Inspired a Novel.
In “Patient X,” David Peace explores the conflicted career of the great Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who committed suicide when only 35.
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