Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The Book Review Podcast: Rose McGowan on ‘Brave’
McGowan talks about her new memoir, and Katie Kitamura discusses Tom Malmquist’s new novel, “In Every Moment We Are Still Alive.”
Children’s Books: Children’s Books About Black History, Heavy on Biographies
Slavery, Jim Crow, segregation: Black history is “a tale so devoid of logic, it frustrates the young reader.” These books about great lives can help.
A Revolving Review of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Sergio García Sánchez pays visual homage to Lewis Carroll’s classic tale.
The Shortlist: France’s Love Affair With Food
Two Americans (David Lebovitz and David Downie) and an Australian (John Baxter) celebrate the culinary pleasures of the country they now call home.
Nonfiction: Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor
Michael Meyer’s “The Road to Sleeping Dragon” and Xiaolu Guo’s “Nine Continents” describe China as a country in profound transition.
Fiction: A Fictional Heroine’s Fitful Upbringing Is Set Against the Sino-Japanese War
Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions” vacillates in time and place to reveal a Chinese-American woman’s complex coming-of-age.
Nonfiction: One of the Men Who ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
Paul Kix’s “The Saboteur” recounts the exploits of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat who became a fighter for the French Resistance.
Fiction: Evil Stepmother, Reimagined
A reissue of Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree” shows off her reworking of one of the Grimms’ grimmest tales.
A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die
Peter Matthiessen’s nephew recalls both his uncle’s career as a writer and his experience as an operative for the C.I.A.
Crime: Murderous Trips Into the Past, Then a Return to a Dangerous Present
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features mysteries set in 1920s Britain and Freud’s Vienna, paired with two modern-day American puzzlers.
Fiction: The Plot to Kill Hitler
“Munich,” Robert Harris’s latest thriller, features the Führer and the notorious Neville Chamberlain.
Newsbook: What Does It Take to Win a Super Bowl?
These books about a cerebral coach, a player plucked from poverty and a year in the life of a team show the good, bad and ugly aspects of football.
Book Club Archive: Jesmyn Ward Answers Book Club Members’ Questions
February’s Now Read This pick is: “Killers of the Flower Moon,” by David Grann.
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Traces the Boundary Between Life and Death
“The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, explores the fluidity of human existence.
Nonfiction: The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?
In “To Fight Against This Age,” Rob Riemen argues that culture and humanism are the best weapons against modern anti-liberal trends.
By the Book: Amy Chua: By the Book
The law professor and author Amy Chua never read parenting guides when her children were young — “Maybe that was my problem!” — and didn’t intend to write one with “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.”
Nonfiction: The War That Will Not End
In “Directorate S,” Steve Coll recounts America’s seemingly futile search for victory in Afghanistan.
Books News: The Globalization of the National Book Awards
The foundation is adding a new prize to recognize works in translation.
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