On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By LEAH HAGER COHEN
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL
Leah Hager Cohen's fourth novel weaves a complex pattern of light and dark, happiness and grief, in a 21st-century version of the family chronicle.
Also in the Book Review
By JONATHAN RABAN
Reviewed by STACY SCHIFF
Jonathan Raban's essays describe how he left England for a new life in Seattle.
By DAVID LODGE
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY
David Lodge's novel is based on the life of H.G. Wells, writer, prophet, political thinker and lover.
By LILY TUCK
Reviewed by COLIN THUBRON
Lily Tuck's novel traces the joys and the mysteries of a long marriage.
By THOMAS KENEALLY
Reviewed by JOHANN HARI
When it comes to famine, Thomas Keneally finds natural forces less culpable than social injustice.
By RALPH RICHARD BANKS
Reviewed by IMANI PERRY
Why are black women much less likely to marry than white?
By ALI SMITH
Reviewed by SYLVIA BROWNRIGG
Ali Smith's satire about a guest who refuses to leave is also a parable of contemporary life.
By SIDDHARTHA DEB
Reviewed by SAMANTH SUBRAMANIAN
Siddhartha Deb looks at how individual Indians are dealing with the country's rapid change.
By KARL MARLANTES
Reviewed by ELIZABETH D. SAMET
A Vietnam veteran offers a deeply personal look at the ordeal of combat.
By ROYA HAKAKIAN
Reviewed by CAROLINE MOOREHEAD
The 1992 killings of four Iranian opposition leaders in Berlin implicated the highest levels of Iran's leadership.
By HUGH THOMAS
Reviewed by CHARLES C. MANN
Hugh Thomas continues his monumental account of the glory days of Spain.
By DENIS JOHNSON
Reviewed by ANTHONY DOERR
A powerful American story unfolds in 90 minutes in Denis Johnson's novella.
By MICHAEL KAZIN
Reviewed by BEVERLY GAGE
Michael Kazin extols the influence of reformers, radicals and idealists in shaping America.
By AATISH TASEER
Reviewed by PARUL SEHGAL
A young protagonist is caught between the worlds of India and Pakistan.
Children's Books
By BRIAN SELZNICK
Reviewed by ADAM GOPNIK
Brian Selznick's new book, which follows "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," expands on his method.
By COLIN MELOY
Reviewed by CLAIRE DEDERER
The Decemberists' singer and songwriter, Colin Meloy, imagines a world that is part Portland, part fantasy.
By MEG WOLITZER
Reviewed by STEFAN FATSIS
The hero of Meg Wolitzer's first young adult novel possesses a special power that gives him an unfair advantage in Scrabble.
By EDEN PHILLPOTTS
Reviewed by JERRY GRISWOLD
Katherine and John Paterson bring back a century-old fantasy classic.
By PAMELA PAUL
Children's and young adult books about kings, orphans, dragons and mythological beasts.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL
"Anton Can Do Magic," "My Rhinoceros" and "Where's My T-R-U-C-K?" are three new picture books that capture the singularity, stubbornness and sweetness in the ways young boys play.
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ESSAY
By PAMELA PAUL
Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss challenged the conception of what a children's book should be - and children's literature, happily, has never been the same.
Pamela Paul reviews new children's books about fairy and folk tales.
CRIME
By MARILYN STASIO
Mystery novels by Louise Penny, Eoin Colfer, Charles Todd and Scott Phillips.
Featuring Leah Cohen on her new novel, "The Grief of Others"; and Adam Gopnik and Pamela Paul on the art of children's books and the art of writing about them.
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