The Shortlist: Collections of Essays by Writers Old and Young
Ursula Le Guin, Tim Kreider and Morgan Jerkins comment on what it is like to live in 21st-century America.
Nonfiction: Why ‘Tomorrow Will Be Different’ for the Transgender Community
A memoir by Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person to speak at a major party convention, details her life’s battles both public and private.
Nonfiction: A Call to Action for Girl Squads Everywhere
Kayleen Schaefer’s “Text Me When You Get Home” puts the fierce friendships between women on a pedestal.
Nonfiction: Portraits of ‘Brazen’ Women Who Lived as They Wanted
Pénélope Bagieu, the French graphic novelist, has created a visual tribute to 29 women who broke the mold.
Fiction: If It’s a Man’s World, Let’s Escape It … or Subvert It
Danielle Lazarin’s story collection, “Back Talk,” probes the lives of American women whose privilege doesn’t protect them from society’s burdens.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Reading for Precocious Preteens
Adolescent-appropriate fiction to challenge and inspire budding bookworms.
Nonfiction: The Revolution Has Been Televised
Joy Press’s new book, “Stealing the Show,” traces the ways in which women have transformed the TV landscape.
Fiction: Turf Wars of the Ultra-Wealthy, Upper East Side Style
Caitlin Macy’s novel “Mrs.” homes in on the conflicted lives of three Manhattan women and the corrupt man on whom they take vengeance.
Children’s Books: In New Books for Kids, Women’s Victories Speak Loud and Clear
On the road to equality, women’s historic achievements have often been dry footnotes in American schools. These authors are out to change that.
Nonfiction: When Doctors Don’t Listen to Women
Abby Norman’s “Ask Me About My Uterus” describes her quest to get proper medical attention.
Nonfiction: Trust Your Own Heart, Write Your Own Story and Fight On
In “Dear Madam President,” the Clinton campaign’s former communications director Jennifer Palmieri tells young women how to succeed in politics.
Nonfiction: How Silicon Valley Turned Into ‘Brotopia’
Emily Chang examines a tech culture that has become a boys’ club, hostile and averse to women.
Books of The Times: A New Biography Traces Tiger Woods’s Mythical Rise and Fall
Like a pair of supersleuths, Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian reconstruct the golfer’s life and offer new angles on old stories.
Nonfiction: Science’s Invisible Women
Two new books, Patricia Fara’s “A Lab of One’s Own” and Claire L. Evans’s “Broad Band,” put women back into the history of science.
Nonfiction: Come-Ons, Takedowns and Insults: What It’s Like to Write Comedy as a Woman
In “Just the Funny Parts,” Nell Scovell — who’s crafted jokes for everyone from David Letterman to President Obama — describes the toxic misogyny she’s endured.
Essay: Before #MeToo, There Was Catharine A. MacKinnon and Her Book ‘Sexual Harassment of Working Women’
Why did it take nearly four decades for the world to realize that she was right?
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Book Review Podcast: Impeachment, Then and Now
Cass R. Sunstein talks about “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” and “Can It Happen Here?”; and Kathryn Hughes discusses “Victorians Undone.”
Inside the List: Is Your Plane About to Crash? Write a Farewell Note and Eat It
The liquids in your stomach may help the note survive the crash, novelist Brad Meltzer says. That’s just one thing he learned while researching his new novel, “The Escape Artist.”
Our Back Pages: 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: impeachment.
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