Inside the List: Around the World With Books: A Peek at Global Best-Seller Lists
In August, the best-seller lists here don’t change much. So we decided to look elsewhere — Germany, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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: Fareed Zakaria’s first book, “From Wealth to Power.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Actress Diane Guerrero Recounts Her Family’s Deportation Ordeal
In “My Family Divided,” the “Orange Is the New Black” star tells the story of coming home at age 14 to find her parents gone, taken by immigration authorities.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: How Do We Tell a New Generation of Teenagers About the Vietnam War?
Elizabeth Partridge’s “Boots on the Ground” includes some disturbing images and facts. But today’s activist teenagers can handle a fuller account of American conduct during the war.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Mughal Men Ruled South Asia — and One Man Was Ruled by a Woman
The daughter of Persian immigrants, Nur Jahan became the favorite wife and the co-ruler of Emperor Jahangir. Ruby Lal’s “Empress” tells her story.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Sketchbook: In Order to Write, It Must Be Right
A room of one’s own? The cartoonist Grant Snider thinks a writer needs a lot more than that.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book News: How a Young War Veteran Became a Serial Bank Robber, Then a Novelist
Nico Walker’s Autobiographical novel “Cherry” traces his descent into addiction and crime. It’s being called the first great novel of the opioid crisis.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Looking Back at the Economic Crash of 2008
Adam Tooze’s “Crashed” examines “how a decade of financial crises changed the world.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Shortlist: Fictional Glimpses of the Past: From the Tudors to the Czars
England and Russia figure in two recent novels, while in the New World, historical fiction revisits the 19th-century Caribbean and the American West.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Defending Conservatism, and Seeking Converts
Roger Scruton’s “Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition” is intended not only for the author’s political allies but for liberals too.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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