On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By JON MEACHAM
Reviewed by JILL ABRAMSON
Jon Meacham's biography of Thomas Jefferson looks at how the Founding Father balanced his ideals with pragmatism while also bending others to his will.
Also in the Book Review
The author of "The Innocence of Objects" and "Silent House" believes all American presidents should read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."
By RON HANSEN
Reviewed by SVEN BIRKERTS
Ron Hansen's stories highlight his birthplace, which Oscar Wilde visited in 1882.
By JOHN BANVILLE
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY
John Banville's hero stars in a movie version of events long past.
By BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Reviewed by DOMINIQUE BROWNING
A Tennessee town grapples with the consequences of a miracle that turns out to have environmental causes.
By COLM TOIBIN
Reviewed by MARY GORDON
Colm Toibin's novella portrays a Mary we do not recognize from the Gospels.
By KATIE KITAMURA
Reviewed by ROB NIXON
An unnamed colonial country is threatened by civil war in Katie Kitamura's novel.
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Reviewed by DAVID SHEFF
A journalist combines the story of his son's struggle to embrace his sexuality with a report about research on LGBT teenagers.
By BENJAMIN ANASTAS
Reviewed by DEB OLIN UNFERTH
A rejected book, an affair, a shattered marriage, a mountain of debt. Benjamin Anastas tells his story.
By ERIC NUZUM
Reviewed by RICK MOODY
Eric Nuzum's memoir opens a door to the emotional lives of America's young.
By TYLER HAMILTON and DANIEL COYLE
Reviewed by GEOFFREY WHEATCROFT
Tyler Hamilton, who rode with Lance Armstrong, tells of drug use in cycling.
Children's Books
By LEONARD S. MARCUS
Peter Rabbit, Toad and the Boxcar Children are cast in sequels.
By CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
Three books highlight the struggle for racial equality in America.
By CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG
Jon Agee and Oliver Jeffers embrace the absurd in two new picture books.
By ROGER SUTTON
An industrious tugboat and a mischievous fish discover that life is full of surprises.
By MARK FROST
Reviewed by MARIE LU
An elite school is part of a centuries-old battle against evil forces.
By ELIOT SCHREFER
Reviewed by VICKI CONSTANTINE CROKE
Amid an African coup, a girl and a baby ape are on the run.
By NED VIZZINI
Reviewed by SAM LIPSYTE
Ned Vizzini's teenage hero faces challenges in two realms.
By PAMELA PAUL
Picture books about music by Wynton Marsalis, Marvin Hamlisch and more.
By MAGGIE STIEFVATER
Reviewed by ANNA HOLMES
A teenage heroine uncovers mysteries at an all-male academy.
By ALLY CONDIE
Two dystopian young adult novels challenge readers' conceptions.
By PAMELA PAUL
Picture books about Florence Mills, Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster and the Brontë sisters.
By LISA BROWN
In three books, enemies are vanquished, European style.
By MAUREEN JOHNSON
Two young adult novels imagine worlds affected by alarming technology.
By MARC ARONSON
The race to build the bomb and Jewish resistance in World War II are the subjects of two nonfiction books.
By LISA VON DRASEK
These plucky heroines are determined to preserve the power of enchantment.
By SHARON CREECH
Reviewed by ELIZABETH WEIL
Girls who have lost their parents wonder where they fit in.
By SHEILA O’CONNOR
Reviewed by WHITNEY JOINER
Three orphans learn to get by without their grandfather.
By PAMELA PAUL
Picture books about a picky eater, a hungry fox, a lemonade stand and more.
By KATHERINE MARSH
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON
This young adult novel's hero succeeds because of his character.
By ANDRI SNAER MAGNASON. Illustrated by ASLAUG JONSDOTTIR. Translated by JULIAN MELDON D'ARCY.
Reviewed by AMANDA LITTLE
A world run by children is upended in this environmental tale.
By ERIC GREITENS
Reviewed by KEVIN POWERS
A Rhodes scholar and Iraq war veteran urges us to find "a better way to walk in the world."
By NA LIU and ANDRÉS VERA MARTÍNEZ. Illustrated by ANDRÉS VERA MARTÍNEZ.
Reviewed by GENE LUEN YANG
Stories of a girl's upbringing, with graphic-art illustrations.
By SUSAN DOMINUS
Three picture books explore the eternal childhood delights of cold, snow and ice.
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