Nonfiction: Royal Ladies, Royal Intrigue
Nancy Goldstone’s “Daughters of the Winter Queen” charts the stormy life of Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Charles I, who schemed for her own children.
Nonfiction: The Man Who Stole Bird Feathers
Kirk Wallace Johnson’s “The Feather Thief” recounts “the natural history heist of the century.”
New in Paperback: ‘Anatomy of Terror,’ ‘Less’ and More
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them
Jonathan Green’s new book is a detailed chronicle of a murderous, drug-trafficking gang in the heyday of the crack cocaine epidemic.
Sweet Reads: A Selection of Sunny Books with Sun-Melted Ice Cream
Summertime calls for delectable treats to satisfy both your sweet tooth and your literary spirit. Ben Denzer of @ice_cream_books creates pairings for the season.
Nonfiction: Weegee the Famous: The Master of Down-and-Dirty Street Photography
In “Flash,” Christopher Bonanos offers a portrait of the photographer who loved shooting corpses.
Children’s Books: What Should Your Kid Read This Summer? Here Are Three to Start With
A Newbery medalist’s novel about a week at the beach, a graphic novel about a budding guitarist stuck home while her best friend is at camp, and stories of one neighborhood’s summer antics.
Fiction: Love Warrior
In “Do This for Me,” Raney Moore cancels her unfaithful husband’s credit cards, deletes his Gmail and ships his stuff to his mother’s house — all in one morning.
Fiction: Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel
John Connolly’s “He” fictionalizes the career of one half of the Laurel and Hardy team.
Nonfiction: Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving
“Asking for a Friend,” by Jessica Weisberg, considers three centuries of advice-givers, from Ben Franklin to a prolific contributor on the internet forum Quora.
Fiction: In Ireland, the Past Is Always Present and So Are Its Ghosts
A festive weekend at a cottage in West Cork, once home to victims of the Great Famine, turns sinister in Billy O’Callaghan’s novel “The Dead House.”
Children’s Books: Dark Magic and Other Escapes in These Summer Y.A. Novels
First love, shocking family secrets, and witches that prowl the streets of Brooklyn from Carolyn Mackler, Emily X.R. Pan and Zoraida Córdova.
Fiction: Can Women Have It All? Not in Silicon Valley
Two novels burst the tech bubble for career-driven women.
Fiction: Sarah Jessica Parker Has a Book She Wants You to Read
The first book from her new imprint is Fatima Farheen Mirza’s big-hearted debut, “A Place for Us,” which follows an Indian-American Muslim family through the decades.
Nonfiction: Berenice Abbott: She Was a Camera
Julia Van Haaften’s “Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography” is the first major biography of Abbott in more than a generation.
The Shortlist: Jungle Mold, Ornithology and Lawn Care: 3 New Novels Find Hilarity in Unexpected Places
Here, comedy includes a sendup of spy thrillers and 1930s Hollywood; a family saga about a drug-addicted bird-watcher; and a coming-of-age tale heavy on topiary.
Fiction: Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves
Leah Stewart’s third book reunites struggling Hollywood stars, and Stephen McCauley makes the case that you really can be friends with an ex.
Fiction: Allison Pearson ‘Does It’ Again
The working-mom heroine of “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” now middle-aged, is back for a sequel that wrestles with the question “How Hard Can It Be?”
Nonfiction: Los Angeles as the City of Dreams, and Nightmares
Gary Krist’s “The Mirage Factory” tells the story of early-20th-century Los Angeles through three of its most prominent residents.
Fiction: Finding the Funny in 17th-Century History
Christopher Buckley’s rollicking new comic novel, “The Judge Hunter,” follows the adventures of a bumbling young man sent to New England in 1664.
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