Nonfiction: Marriage Can Take Many Forms in India
Elizabeth Flock’s “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” provides a close-up look at three couples in Mumbai.
Essay: Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex
Allan Gurganus, Jennifer Weiner and other writers tell Sarah Lyall how they handle a delicate subject, and what happens when it goes wrong.
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’
In “The World Only Spins Forward,” Isaac Butler and Dan Kois tell the story of Tony Kushner’s epic play in the words of the artists who made it and the fans who love it.
Profile: Lisa Halliday’s Debut Novel is Drawing Comparisons to Philip Roth. Though Not for the Reasons You Might Think.
“Asymmetry” features a clandestine romance between a young editorial assistant and a famous, much older novelist.
Romance: Love Notes
Looking for a little literary escapism? We’ve combed through the latest romances for smart and sexy reads.
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: William Vogt’s “Road to Survival.”
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Inside the List: Danielle Steel: ‘I Know an Idea Is Right for Me When It Just Clicks’
The best-selling author talks frankly about her writing process, her 1946 Olympia typewriter and her decidedly unglamorous writing attire.
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.
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