Nonfiction: How Sneakers Intersect With Recent American History
“Kicks,” by Nicholas Smith, traces our nation’s defining athletes and the footwear that became as iconic as they were.
Fiction: Debut Stories Trace the Aftershocks of the Sri Lankan Civil War
“Half Gods,” by Akil Kumarasamy, contains interlinked tales of family, friendship and tragedy across continents.
Nonfiction: Meet the Man Who Dressed Mick Jagger
Fifty years ago, Tommy Nutter’s Savile Row shop turned out bespoke suits for the likes of Jagger, Lennon and Elton John. In “House of Nutter,” Lance Richardson tells his story.
By the Book: Hanan al-Shaykh: By the Book
The novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, author most recently of “The Occasional Virgin,” avoids reading books longer than 800 pages “unless they are written by my friends.”
Profile: Attention Please, Anne Tyler Has Something to Say
She’s not a recluse — or, as one critic called her, the Greta Garbo of the literary world — but she avoids interviews. So why is she doing one now?
Fiction: Flawed, Fragile, Hungry Human Bodies: A.M. Homes’s Stories Get Under the Skin
The author’s new collection, “Days of Awe,” confronts the beauty and violence of daily life with mordant wit and a focus on the flesh.
Nonfiction: What Edmund White Thinks You Should Read
In his memoir, “The Unpunished Vice,” the author writes about the books he has loved and been influenced by.
Nonfiction: The Woman Whose Hair Frightens Iran
The exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad writes about her protest against compulsory hijabs in “The Wind in My Hair.”
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Match Book: Horse and Writer: What to Read to a Recuperating Pet
Books that both animal lovers and their equine companions can enjoy.
Nonfiction: Remembering Obama and Hoping to Win Again
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Obama, has written “Yes We (Still) Can,” a memoir of his years in the White House, with prescriptions for the future.
Nonfiction: The Opium War and the Humiliation of China
Stephen R. Platt’s “Imperial Twilight” describes what may have been the British Empire’s darkest hour.
Front Burner: Venice, Without the Tourists
“A Table in Venice” by Skye McAlpine offers an insider’s look at the flavors of La Serenissima.
Nonfiction: America Has Gone Off the Rails. Steven Brill Sees Ways to Get It Back on Track.
In “Tailspin,” Brill looks at many problems plaguing the country, and the people who are offering solutions.
Children’s Books: Bob Dylan and Will Smith: Children’s Authors?
Publishers are churning out picture books of pop music lyrics. But a good song and a good book may be two different animals.
The Book Review Podcast: The Latest in Cyberwarfare
David E. Sanger talks about “The Perfect Weapon,” and Stacy Horn discusses “Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York.”
Fiction: A Buzzworthy Debut About a Mysterious and Secluded Artists’ Retreat
In Harriet Alida Lye’s “The Honey Farm,” creative individuals hail from all walks of life to take part in an eerie bee colony-slash-cult.
Profile: Australians Can’t Get Enough of the Barefoot Investor
The all-time, best-selling nonfiction book in Australia is, somewhat surprisingly, a personal finance guide. And its 39-year-old author, Scott Pape, is a national celebrity.
Children’s Books: Brief Tales for New Readers and Little Listeners From Philip Stead and More
A bighearted toad, a cool fox, a daredevil younger sister and other larger-than-life characters fill these very short story collections.
Revisiting Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ as a Work in Progress
The typewritten page, bearing the influential feminist thinker’s intimate thoughts and revisions, reveals the inner workings of an avant-garde mind.
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