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Books Update NYT

Books Update

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

Cooking
By WILLIAM GRIMES

An ode to bacon, several vegetarian options and the latest from Nigella Lawson are among the summer's notable cookbooks.

Travel
By JOSHUA HAMMER

This season's travel books include new titles by three recently minted septuagenarians with more than a century's worth of globe-trotting among them.

Gardening
By DOMINIQUE BROWNING

"The Flower of Empire," Tatiana Holway's lively case for the importance of the Amazonian water lily, is one of the season's crop of gardening books.

Also in the Book Review

Walter Mosley: By the Book

The author of the Easy Rawlins novels, most recently, "Little Green," says that in a great mystery, "the crime being investigated reveals a deeper rot."

By the Book: Archive

'American Dream Machine'
By MATTHEW SPECKTOR
Reviewed by CHRISTINE SNEED

Despite the taint of failure, there remains something hopeful in the Hollywood of Matthew Specktor's sprawling, atmospheric novel.

'Galateo: Or, The Rules of Polite Behavior'
By GIOVANNI DELLA CASA. Edited and Translated by M. F. RUSNAK.
Reviewed by JUDITH MARTIN

Giovanni Della Casa's book on conduct, published in 1558 and now newly translated from the Italian, promotes civilized manners for their own sake.

COMICS
Healthy Appetites
By DOUGLAS WOLK

New comics include "Relish," Lucy Knisley's memoir about various episodes in her life and what she was eating at the time.

'The Art of Controversy'
By VICTOR S. NAVASKY
Reviewed by DEBORAH SOLOMON

An illustrated tour of political cartoons throughout history.

VISUALS
Hidden in Plain Sight
By STEVEN HELLER

"Various Small Books" is a collection of pictures and essays showing how other artists have copied, parodied or otherwise paid homage to the work of Ed Ruscha.

'Rita Moreno: A Memoir'
By RITA MORENO
Reviewed by ANITA GATES

The celebrities that pop up throughout Rita Moreno's memoir include Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy.

'The Stone Roses: War and Peace'
By SIMON SPENCE
Reviewed by JEFF GORDINIER

A biography of the band that, for a brief moment, held the future of rock 'n' roll in its hands.

'I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon'
By TOURé
Reviewed by HOWARD HAMPTON

Touré's critical study of Prince, based on lectures the author delivered at Harvard.

'Lady at the O.K. Corral'
By ANN KIRSCHNER
Reviewed by SARA WHEELER

Ann Kirschner tells the story of Josephine Marcus, for nearly 50 years Wyatt Earp's common-law wife and a valiant frontierswoman in her own right.

'Letters to a Young Scientist'
By EDWARD O. WILSON
Reviewed by BILL STREEVER

Edward O. Wilson offers encouragement and inspirational maxims to budding scientists.

'A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home'
By SUE HALPERN
Reviewed by JULIE KLAM

Sue Halpern writes about Pransky, a sweet 7-year-old Labradoodle who helps the residents of a nursing home.

'No Joke: Making Jewish Humor'
By RUTH R. WISSE
Reviewed by ANTHONY GOTTLIEB

Ruth R. Wisse recounts the long history of Jewish humor and brings it up to date.

'The Outsider: A Memoir'
By JIMMY CONNORS
Reviewed by PETER LATTMAN

The brash tennis star Jimmy Connors recounts his storied career.

'Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me'
By PATRICIA VOLK
Reviewed by ALEXANDRA JACOBS

Patricia Volk recalls her tumultuous relationship with her mother, and with the work of the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

'Sum It Up'
By PAT SUMMITT with SALLY JENKINS
Reviewed by EMILY BAZELON

A memoir by Pat Summitt, the University of Tennessee women's basketball coach who helped revolutionize the game and won eight national titles.

'Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success'
By PHIL JACKSON and HUGH DELEHANTY
Reviewed by MARC TRACY

In "Eleven Rings," Phil Jackson ruminates on the philosophy and the players that made him the most successful coach in NBA history.

'The Victory Season'
By ROBERT WEINTRAUB
Reviewed by MAXWELL CARTER

Robert Weintraub details baseball's joyous reacclimatization after World War II.

'Mickey and Willie'
By ALLEN BARRA
Reviewed by RON SWOBODA

The veteran sportswriter Allen Barra explores in depth the remarkable similarities between two great New York center fielders.

CRIME
Miami Vice
By MARILYN STASIO

In "The Prince of Paradise," John Glatt tells a true story of murder and glitz in Miami Beach.

'Super Boys'
By BRAD RICCA
Reviewed by PETER KEEPNEWS

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the two creators of Superman, sold their rights to the iconic character for next to nothing.

Classic '70s Television
By CARYN JAMES

New books go behind the scenes of two eponymous TV ventures: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Flip Wilson Show."

'Crapalachia'
By SCOTT MCCLANAHAN
Reviewed by ALLISON GLOCK

Scott McClanahan writes of a world in West Virginia where existence is both tedious and shocking.

'Yes Is the Answer'
Edited by MARC WEINGARTEN and TYSON CORNELL
Reviewed by ROB SHEFFIELD

The anthology "Yes Is the Answer" celebrates prog rock in all its tomfoolery and excess.

'The Village'
By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH
Reviewed by ADA CALHOUN

Scoundrels, artists and geniuses commingle in this ambitious history of Greenwich Village.

'Red Sparrow'
By JASON MATTHEWS
Reviewed by CHARLES CUMMING

A 33-year veteran of the C.I.A. turns his hand to espionage fiction.

Food Chronicle
By DAWN DRZAL

New books by Elissa Altman, Julia Reed, Raymond Sokolov, Mika Brzezinski and Mark Russ Federman.

Children's Books

Splish Splash
By CAROLYN JURIS

Four new picture books about rainy weather.

Out and About
By JEFF CHU

A novel and a memoir about growing up with secrets in religious families.

Bookshelf: Baby
By PAMELA PAUL

Five new picture books about babies and the ambivalence and pride they can inspire in siblings.

'Primates'
By JIM OTTAVIANI. Illustrated by MARIS WICKS.
Reviewed by CARL ZIMMER

This graphic novel presents the stories of three women who profoundly changed our understanding of the great apes: Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas and Jane Goodall.

'If You Find Me'
By EMILY MURDOCH
Reviewed by WHITNEY JOINER

In Emily Murdoch's first novel, a girl is haunted by secrets.

BEST SELLERS

Combined Print & E-Book Fiction

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Paperback Trade Fiction

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

Paperback Nonfiction

All the Lists

What I Read That Summer

Twelve writers recall their most memorable experiences of summer reading.

OPEN BOOK
Bound for the Hamptons
By JOHN WILLIAMS

The Book Review's first use of "beach read," Tao Lin's new novel and more.

Back Page

Literary Excursions
By CHRIS WALLACE

Today's tourists might learn something from the traveler-memoirists of earlier generations.

Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES

Forty years after his death, J. R. R. Tolkien is on the hardcover fiction list again, this time with "The Fall of Arthur," which makes its debut at No. 10.

Paperback Row
By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, Peter Lattman talks about the new memoir by the tennis star Jimmy Connors; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alexandra Jacobs discusses Patricia Volk's "Shocked"; Anthony Gottlieb on Ruth R. Wisse's "No Joke: Making Jewish Humor"; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.