Essay: Planned Obsolescence
For fiction writers, keeping up with technological and political change in their work is a risky proposition. But nowadays it is more essential than ever.
How the Literary Heavyweights of the 1960s Reacted to Vietnam
An illustrated history of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s failed attempt to garner the support of the intelligentsia for his impending war.
Nonfiction: A Memoir of a Childhood Crushed by a Despotic Father
In “The Only Girl in the World,” Maude Julien describes a series of horrors growing up the daughter of a man who believed he was sculpting her into a superior being.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to reviews in previous issues.
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: What will the end of the world look like?
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
‘Spalding Gray,’ the Color? It’s a Long Story
How the monologuist inspired a best-selling paint. A dog is also involved.
Nonfiction: Is Nuclear War Inevitable?
Daniel Ellsberg’s “The Doomsday Machine” is a passionate call for reducing the risk of total destruction.
Nonfiction: The Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is Geopolitics
In “Windfall,” Meghan O’Sullivan offers a tour of the world and how the rise of cheap gas and fracking are causing shifts in power.
By the Book: James Rollins: By the Book
At the beginning of his career, James Rollins, author of ‘The Demon Crown,’ stole Samuel Clemens’s pen name.
Nonfiction: Two Books Consider Earthquakes and Their Human Tolls
In “The Great Quake,” Henry Fountain recounts what we learned from North America’s biggest temblor. In “Quakeland,” Kathryn Miles takes a fault-eye view of the continent.
Nonfiction: When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth
Three books examine our fascination with the ancient pachyderms and their extinction.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around The Times are reading.
Otherworldly: From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years
New releases in speculative fiction include a viral dystopia, a fantasy kingdom ruled by magic, a lesbian pulp noir satire and a classic revisited.
Nonfiction: Waves of Destruction, Physical and Spiritual, Buffet Japan
In “Ghosts of the Tsunami,” Richard Lloyd Parry probes the emotional effects of the catastrophe that killed thousands of men, women and children.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Religion in Fiction
From the humorous to the mysterious, dystopian to sorrowful, novels and stories that reveal the wide range of literary theology.
Critic’s Take: The Glow From ‘The Fire Next Time’
How James Baldwin’s incendiary work illuminated his era, as well as ours.
Books News: In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship?
A new class of editors is quietly reshaping children’s literature, vetting books for cultural and racial stereotypes before they reach readers.
A Colorblind Artist? Yes, With a Little Help From His Friends
Worried that he couldn’t work as an illustrator, Loren Long hid his “obstacle.” Now it’s out in the open.
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