Fiction: A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal?
“Red Clocks,” by Leni Zumas, imagines a dystopian near-future in which women are once again stripped of reproductive freedoms.
Profile: Your Book Editor Just Snagged Your Spot on the Best-Seller List
Daniel Mallory submitted “The Woman in the Window,” a psychological thriller, under a pseudonym. His own publishing house bought it.
The Book Review Podcast: ‘Off the Charts’
Ann Hulbert discusses her new book about child prodigies, and Sam Graham-Felsen talks about his debut novel, “Green.”
Inside the List: A Young Novelist Grapples With Matters of Life and Death
Forget the sophomore slump — Chloe Benjamin’s second novel, “The Immortalists,” has rocketed to No. 7 in its first week on sale.
Sketchbook: A Writer’s State of Mind
A graphic reminder of the greatest secret to success as an author.
Fiction: A Novel That Echoes Naipaul, Exploring the Limits of Freedom
Neel Mukherjee’s “State of Freedom” offers five interconnected stories set in India and exploring the lives of the unmoored.
The Shortlist: From Naples to Tokyo, New Books in Translation
Four new novels cover the globe with stories that range from the quirky to the devastating.
Fiction: From Isabel Allende, a Novel of Three Immigrants and a Brooklyn Misadventure
Two professors aid an undocumented worker following an accident that launches a trio of narratives about life lived across America’s borders in “In the Midst of Winter.”
Fiction: Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward
“Dogs at the Perimeter” follows a woman born under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as she navigates the mental perils of life as a survivor.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Fiction: Beware of Family Members Bearing Gifts
In “Winter,” the second in her cycle of seasonal novels, Ali Smith engineers a contentious Christmas reunion between two long-estranged sisters.
Nonfiction: Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’
The French writer Annie Ernaux uses “The Years” to anchor her particular 20th-century memories within the daunting flux of 21st-century society.
Crime: Keep Watch Over Your Children: Danger Lurks Everywhere
In Marilyn Stasio’s latest Crime column, we meet a murderous nanny, an abducted teenager, a little boy stranded in the high desert and a mad bomber.
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 Peden’s 1959 review of Philip Roth’s first book.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Newsbook: On the Presidency’s Fraught Relationship With the Press
These books explores how administrations like Richard Nixon’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s worked with or fought against the news media.
Nonfiction: Replaying the Holocaust in the Middle East
Nadia Murad’s “The Last Girl” describes a Yazidi woman’s kidnapping by Islamist militants.
Fiction: Knausgaard’s Seasonal Book Series Continues With a Wintry Mix
The essays in “Winter” have a characteristically Scandinavian focus on darkness, snow, quiet, emptiness and depression.
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