On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By NATHAN HARDEN
Reviewed by HANNA ROSIN
After being home-schooled and marrying at a young age, Nathan Harden was deeply shocked by the sexual culture at Yale.
By BRUCE BAWER
Reviewed by ANDREW DELBANCO
Bruce Bawer argues that the contemporary American university is a place of hypocrisy and fear.
Also in the Book Review
The author and illustrator, most recently, of "Olivia and the Fairy Princesses" says good children's books don't underestimate the reader. "Children will figure things out."
APPLIED READING
By J. D. BIERSDORFER
With these interactive apps, the great globe fits in small devices.
By PAUL TOUGH
Reviewed by ANNIE MURPHY PAUL
For success, character trumps cognitive skills, Paul Tough says.
By MOLLY RINGWALD
Reviewed by DAN KOIS
Molly Ringwald's fiction debut centers on a couple in a trouble marriage.
By ANDREW MOTION
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
Andrew Motion's sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's 19th-century adventure classic.
By JAMES DASHNER
Reviewed by RICK RIORDAN
In this series opener, history is broken, and it's up to three young time travelers to fix it.
By ELLEN HANDLER SPITZ
Three picture books encourage children to become constructors of their worlds.
By DAVID KAMP
Two novels allude to the feelings of alienation among middle-school boys.
By PAMELA PAUL
New picture books about heading off to school.
By BRUCE HANDY
For the high-spirited Olivia and others, the pressure to conform can sometimes seem overwhelming.
By DAVID LEVITHAN
Reviewed by FRANK BRUNI
In David Levithan's novel, a teenage romance is put to the test.
By PAMELA PAUL
New picture books offer creative approaches to counting.
By RINSAI ROSSETTI
Reviewed by SHIRLEY LaVARCO
In the Middle East, a sheltered girl befriends a shape-shifter.
By SARA LONDON
Three very different books illuminate the urge to narrate.
By REBECCA STEAD
Reviewed by LUCINDA ROSENFELD
Rebecca Stead's hero contends with a bully and an eccentric new friend.
By WILLIAM JOYCE. Illustrated by WILLIAM JOYCE and JOE BLUHM.
Reviewed by NATHAN HELLER
A story inspires an app, a short film and now a book.
By RAINA TELGEMEIER
Reviewed by ADA CALHOUN
In this graphic novel an ambitious theater geek concentrates on friendship and creative fulfillment instead of boy craziness.
By BETH KEPHART
In their new young adult novels, Joyce Carol Oates and James Preller examine the consequences of fatal events.
By MARIA RUSSO
Young girls learn about the limits of their parents in two new books about the strains produced by the Iraq war.
By VERONICA CHAMBERS
Three new middle-grade novels feature girls from very different backgrounds dealing with the challenges of school.
By PAMELA PAUL
Variations on Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs and more.
By ALEXIS BURLING
School, relationships, popularity. Navigating life's uncertainties, the teenage girls in these novels are pushed to the bri
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By M. H. ABRAMS and STEPHEN GREENBLATT
"The Norton Anthology of English Literature" celebrates its 50th anniversary.
TBR
By PARUL SEHGAL
In Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" - at No. 1 in its 11th week on the hardcover fiction list - a young wife disappears from her home on the morning of her fifth anniversary.
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
By IHSAN TAYLOR
Paperback books of particular interest.
This week, Nathan Harden discusses his book, "Sex and God at Yale"; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Pamela Paul guides us through this week's back-to-school issue; and Parul Sehgal has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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