War Stories: George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders
Lessons about war from the American Revolution, the Civil War, medieval Britain and West Africa.
Fiction: Body Hopping for a Better View of America
A dead soul migrates from person to person in Martin Riker’s inventive debut novel, “Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return.”
The Shortlist: Three New Takes on Feminism: In the Dorm, in the Economy and Around the World
A scholar, a World Bank economist teaming up with a novelist, and a fiery young activist attempt to write the next pages of the history of women’s rights.
Nonfiction: When Home Is ‘Always Another Country’
Sisonke Msimang’s graceful new memoir reckons with the challenges of figuring out who you are and where you belong when you’ve grown up all over the world.
Fiction: Dark Fairy Tales From a Now-Vanished Agrarian Japan
Kenji Miyazawa, who died in 1933, was one of Japan’s most beloved poets. Now, in “Once and Forever,” his magical short stories are available in English.
Fiction: The World War II Tragedy of Italy’s Jews, Preserved in Fiction
In “The Novel of Ferrara,” Giorgio Bassani retrofits his novellas and stories into a sprawling portrait of a community destroyed by historical hatreds.
Fiction: In These Novels, Women With Cancer Decide to Ditch the People-Pleasing
Women, even dying women, are often judged for putting their own needs first. The main characters in “The Bus on Thursday” and “Craving” know that — and they don’t care.
Fiction: He Killed Her Mother. Now He Wants to Make Amends.
Andre Dubus III’s novel “Gone So Long” sets a dying ex-con on the difficult road to redemption. Will his long-estranged daughter even agree to see him?
Inside the List: Who Says Celebrity Memoirs Don’t Sell? There Are Three New Ones on the Best-seller List
These books by the Beastie Boys, Abbi Jacobson and Justin Timberlake are about as far from standard-issue star autobiographies as you can get.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Reader’s Notebook: ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and the History in Historical Fiction
Most readers haven’t noticed or been worried by omitted details or factual mistakes in the book. But is there a greater imperative for novels about the Holocaust to get basic facts correct?
Nonfiction: Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters Show Her Struggling to Imagine Life Without Ted Hughes
“The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956-1963,” edited by Peter Steinberg and Karen Kukil, includes 14 revelatory letters she wrote to her psychiatrist about the crisis in her marriage.
Children’s Books: Nighttime Picture Books to Put Children to Bed — and Their Fears to Rest
Reassuring and beautiful stories from Grace Lin, Kitty Crowther and more, about kids who conquer nightmares and go off on moonlight adventures.
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Books News: A 1965 Novel About an Unhinged President Is Being Rereleased
The author, Fletcher Knebel, who died in 1993, would likely be shocked by how prescient his political thriller was.
'An Unexplained Death' Tells The Tale Of An Unsolved Mystery — And Being Remembered
Mikita Brottman takes readers through a years-long journey of obsessive curiosity, trying to get to the truth of what happened after a body is discovered her apartment complex, formerly an old hotel.
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This 'Unholy Land' May Not Even Be Real
Lavie Tidhar's new novel asks the questions we've all asked occasionally: How sure are you that the world you see around you every day is real? How sure are you that it's the only one, the real one?
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By the Book: Natasha Trethewey: By the Book
The former poet laureate and author, most recently, of “Monument” came to poetic language via Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “Before I ever committed any poems to memory I had memorized his speech.”
Essay: What Pokémon Can Teach Us About Fiction
Video games and novels have more in common than you might think. Jeremy Klemin explains how the logic of both involves enigmas and resolutions.
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