Fiction: Nordic Noir, in the Horn of Africa
Robert Karjel’s novel “After the Monsoon” follows the Swedish security police to faraway Djibouti.
By the Book: Karin Slaughter: By the Book
The novelist Karen Slaughter, whose thriller “Pieces of Her” will be published in August, says school contests made her an insatiable reader: “I’m incredibly competitive, so perhaps my early reading passion came from wanting to humiliate my closest reading rivals by volume.”
The Shortlist: Four Thrillers, United by Male Trouble
A selection of novels featuring men on their worst behavior.
Fiction: A Noirish Narrative in Which the Self Is an Enigma, and So Is Everything Else
In Laura van den Berg’s new novel, “The Third Hotel,” an American widow visiting a Cuban film festival thinks she sees her late husband.
Nonfiction: Chris Hayes Reviews Michiko Kakutani’s Book About Our Post-Truth Era
“The Death of Truth” looks at “the age of Trump” — and shudders.
Fiction: Lauren Groff Reveals the Stormy Side of the Sunshine State
In her new story collection, “Florida,” the author of “Fates and Furies” constructs a wild, reptile-ridden landscape of fathers, sons and mothers who are all somehow adrift.
Fiction: It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long.
Lawrence Osborne’s novel “Only to Sleep” jolts Raymond Chandler’s P.I. out of his quiet Mexican lair and back into the world of scams and seductions.
Nonfiction: When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer
Margalit Fox’s “Conan Doyle for the Defense” tells the forgotten story of a man wrongly convicted of a crime and a writer’s help in pursuing justice.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons.
13 authors recommend the most frightening books they’ve ever read.
Fiction: Competing Scientists Plus a High-Stakes University Lab Equals Murder
Megan Abbott’s dark, swampy new novel, “Give Me Your Hand,” is lit by a current of rage.
The Book Review Podcast: From Transcribing for Obama to Writing Her Own Story
Beck Dorey-Stein discusses “From the Corner of the Oval,” and Caroline Weber talks about “Proust’s Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-De-Siècle Paris.”
Nonfiction: French High Society During the Belle Époque
“Proust’s Duchess,” by Caroline Weber, describes the luxurious but unhappy lives of three celebrated Parisian women.
New in Paperback: ‘No Apparent Distress,’ ‘The Destroyers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notebooks, a Glimpse of the Master Philologist at Work
A manuscript page from the “Lord of the Rings” author’s notebooks reveals his painstaking process of language invention.
Inside the List: Want a Belt Buckle, Coffee, Sword or Mug With That Book?
Sure, fans can buy books on authors’ websites. But enterprising authors like Brad Thor, Anne Rice and George R.R. Martin offer tie-in merchandise as well.
Children’s Books: Standout Summertime Picture Books
Young children will delight in these sweetly charming tales about sandcastles, ice cream, picnics and long walks.
Fiction: Does the Name Dag Solstad Mean Anything to You? It Should.
He’s Norway’s greatest living writer, and two more of his novels — “T Singer” and “Armand V” — have recently been translated.
Fiction: In This Novel, a Mother Risks Everything for a Second Chance
Evgenia Citkowitz’s first novel, “The Shades,” follows the remorseful decline of a family in the aftermath of a daughter’s death.
Nonfiction: The Illness That Had No Name
Amanda Stern’s memoir, “Little Panic,” recounts her quest to discover why she felt so different.
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