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Back in 1911, The Times discovered a trove of literary criticism inside one of the state’s most notorious prisons — but couldn’t figure out who the author was. 107 years later, we’ve solved the mystery.
In Darnell L. Moore’s memoir, “No Ashes in the Fire,” he describes a brutal childhood in Camden, N.J., and the struggle to fully accept his identity.
In “Hits & Misses,” Simon Rich dissects his generation’s culture with humor and empathy. A review by Nate Dern.
After apprenticing in a Gascon village, Camas Davis returned home with an appreciation of “life, death and dinner.” “Killing It” tells her story.
In Olen Steinhauer’s “The Middleman,” a revolutionary anticapitalist movement seeks to unite the disaffected of America’s red and blue states.
David D. Kirkpatrick’s “Into the Hands of the Soldiers” describes the heady days when democracy seemed a possibility in Egypt.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused” looks at the history of hormone research and the many missteps along the way.
In his two-volume “Carbon Ideologies,” the writer examines from many angles what we are doing to the earth.
James Freeman and Vern McKinley’s “Borrowed Time” takes a close look at the government bailout of Citigroup.
“We're all connected, we’re all at risk of this,” Macy says about what she has learned reporting on the opioid crisis. “It’s everywhere.”
Alan Gratz’s middle-grade novels — like the best-selling ‘Refugee’ — often deal with war, asylum seekers and Jewish history.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Anne Tyler’s “The Accidental Tourist.”
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Edward Sorel illustrates the great turn-of-the-century author’s fumbling foray into the theater.
In fantasies by K. Sello Duiker and Jaleigh Johnson, children use magic to navigate the streets of a South African township and a hostile world called Tallhaven.
Three books relate the individual accounts of people caught up in events larger than themselves.
Instructions to help you find and subscribe to the series.
Paul French’s “City of Devils” is a narrative fiction of the “tawdry city” Shanghai before World War II.
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