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'The Eichmann Trial'

By DEBORAH E. LIPSTADT
Reviewed by FRANKLIN FOER

Deborah E. Lipstadt examines the trial of Adolf Eichmann as a crucial factor in the world's perception of the Holocaust.

'The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim'

By JONATHAN COE
Reviewed by WILLIAM GIRALDI

A novel whose myopic hero can't help messing up his own life.

'The Uncoupling'

By MEG WOLITZER
Reviewed by JINCY WILLETT

This novel's women swear off sex after a school decides to stage Aristophanes' "Lysistrata."

'Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry'

By DAVID ORR
Reviewed by DAVID KIRBY

David Orr provides a tour of contemporary poetry and suggests how readers might feel better equipped to appreciate it.

'Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout'

By PHILIP CONNORS
Reviewed by DONOVAN HOHN

Philip Connors's first book chronicles a season spotting wildfires in a spectacularly combustible patch of New Mexico.

'The Love of My Youth'

By MARY GORDON
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER

In Mary Gordon's emotionally engaging, smoothly flowing novel, former lovers, both now nearing 60, are reunited in Rome.

'SuperCooperators'

By MARTIN A. NOWAK
Reviewed by OREN HARMAN

Most of the great evolutionary innovations of life on earth are due to cooperation, a Harvard scientist argues.

'Sisters of Fortune'

By JEHANNE WAKE
Reviewed by MEGAN MARSHALL

A biographer traces the social adventures of a set of American heiresses who charmed Britain in the early 19th century.

'Brothers, Rivals, Victors'

By JONATHAN W. JORDAN
Reviewed by MICHAEL KORDA

Jonathan W. Jordan explores the complex relationship of the World War II generals Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton and Omar Bradley.

'Baseball in the Garden of Eden'

By JOHN THORN
Reviewed by BRUCE WEBER

A baseball historian untangles the game's lineage, and rediscovers America's pastime.

Children's Books

Boxing Books

Reviewed by DAVID MARGOLICK

A picture book and a middle-grade novel introduce the boxer Joe Louis to a new generation.

'Between Shades of Gray'

By RUTA SEPETYS
Reviewed by LINDA SUE PARK

This young adult novel explores a Lithuanian family's trials under Stalin.

'The Emerald Atlas'

By JOHN STEPHENS
Reviewed by DANA STEVENS

Three siblings discover a mysterious book that unlocks a powerful prophecy.

Children's Bookshelf: The Environment

By PAMELA PAUL

More children's books, on green themes.

Picture Books About Dogs

Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL

"Say Hello to Zorro!" observes the relationship between old dog and new, while "Scritch-Scratch a Perfect Match" considers the relationship between dog and flea.

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review 'Say Her Name' By FRANCISCO GOLDMAN Reviewed by ROBIN ROMM Francisco Goldman's passionate, moving novel takes as its subject his tragically short marriage to the fiction writer Aura Estrada, who died in a bodysurfing accident in 2007, when she was 30. Book Review Features PROFILE The Ageless Appeal of Beverly Cleary By PAMELA PAUL A conversation with the children's author, who turns 95 on April 12. CRIME Courtroom Drama By MARILYN STASIO Mystery novels by Michael Connelly, Donna Leon, Jason Goodwin and Lori Roy.  More Crime Columns Book Review Podcast Featuring Francisco Goldman on his novel "Say Her Name"; Deborah Lipstadt on the Eichmann trial; and Pamela Paul on Beverly Cleary. Piecing Together a Posthumous Novel From David Foster Wallace By CHARLES McGRATH The editor Michael Pietsch needed an Excel spreadsheet to piece together the notebooks that made up "The Pale King," a posthumous novel from David Foster Wallace.