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Sunday Book Review
‘Capital’
By JOHN LANCHESTER
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
Illustration by Josh Cochran
John Lanchester’s novel follows the residents of one London street during an era of easy money.
‘Alys, Always’
By HARRIET LANE
Reviewed by JONATHAN DEE
In this first novel, a woman insinuates herself into a literary family’s life after witnessing a death in a car accident.
Dave Eggers: By the Book
If the author of “A Hologram for the King” could meet any writer, it would be George Orwell. Of those authors he’s already met, Christopher Hitchens most impressed him.
‘Darwin’s Ghosts’
By REBECCA STOTT
Reviewed by HUGH RAFFLES
A look at the thinkers whose evolutionary ideas preceded Darwin’s.
‘Confront and Conceal’
By DAVID E. SANGER
Reviewed by ROBERT W. MERRY
David E. Sanger assesses the president’s efforts to deal with a world in flux.
‘Free Will’
By SAM HARRIS
Reviewed by DANIEL MENAKER
Sam Harris explains the illogic of our belief in free will.
‘The Elizabethans’
By A. N. WILSON
Reviewed by JAMES SHAPIRO
A. N. Wilson turns his attention to the creative Elizabethan age.
‘Bernini’s Beloved’
By SARAH MCPHEE
Reviewed by MAXWELL CARTER
The passionate life of Costanza Piccolomini provides a revealing view of Rome in the era of the Baroque.
‘Gold’
By CHRIS CLEAVE
Reviewed by BRUCE BARCOTT
Two women, friends and rivals, face their greatest challenge: the 2012 Olympics.
‘Radio Iris’
By ANNE-MARIE KINNEY
Reviewed by DEB OLIN UNFERTH
Anne-Marie Kinney puts an eerie twist on the time-honored battle against workplace monotony.
‘The Kissing List’
By STEPHANIE REENTS
Reviewed by HALEY TANNER
In Stephanie Reents’s connected stories, young women navigate an early adulthood cluttered with discarded relationships.
Children's Books
From “My Snake Blake”
If You Give a Bug a Hug
By PAUL O. ZELINSKY
Three books highlight the charms of the uncuddly set.
Big Box
By JENNIFER HUBERT SWAN
The young people in two Y.A. novels find a retail refuge — or a trap.
‘The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell’
By CHRIS COLFER. Illustrated by BRANDON DORMAN.
Reviewed by TROY PATTERSON
Chris Colfer whisks his young heroes to a fairy-tale realm.
‘Small Damages’
By BETH KEPHART
Reviewed by JEN DOLL
A pregnant American teenager faces the unknown in Spain.
Philip Fradkin, Writer Who Explored Themes of the West, Dies at 77
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Mr. Fradkin often focused on the legacy of environmental destruction in the West.
Book News and Reviews
Catherine Petroski
Henry Petroski
In “To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure,” Henry Petroski examines man-made calamities that improved the world.
Enlisting Economists, Bush Adds Book to Fiscal Debate
By PETER BAKER
Former President George W. Bush is presenting “The 4% Solution,” a collection of proposals by experts, in a rare post-term contribution to the political dialogue.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘True Believers’
By KURT ANDERSEN
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN
In Kurt Andersen’s novel, a woman is haunted by the 1960s.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘Mountains of the Moon’
By I. J. KAY
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER
“Mountains of the Moon,” the penetrating first novel by I. J. Kay, depicts a troubled woman in different stages of her life.
Sheila Heti Talks About “How Should a Person Be?”
By JOHN WILLIAMS
The novelist says incorporating her real-life friends in fiction was difficult, but "in the end we were all okay."
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Lions and Bears, Oh My
By PAMELA PAUL
Two new picture books about orphaned animals and the humans who help them.
THE 6TH FLOOR BLOG
Is It Creepy to See Someone Reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on the Subway?
By ADAM STERNBERGH
What's the weirdest/creepiest/most embarrassing thing you've read in public on the subway? Are you more likely to judge your fellow commuters' morals or their taste?
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘The Obamians’
By JAMES MANN
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In “The Obamians,” James Mann argues that the president’s view of America’s role on the world stage is “more modest and downbeat” than the views held by his predecessors.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘Gold’
By CHRIS CLEAVE
Reviewed by JANET MASLIN
Chris Cleave’s novel “Gold” follows an Olympic rivalry and raises the age-old question of doing what is expedient versus doing what is right.
NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT | WILLIAMSBURG
An Outpost for Parchment and Hides
By SARAH HARRISON SMITH
Talas, an enormous loftlike shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is the city’s most comprehensive source for bookbinding supplies.
The Extras Get a Life
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The writer and blogger John Scalzi plays with science-fiction convention in his novel “Redshirts.”
Michael J. Ybarra, Extreme-Sports Reporter, Dies at 45
By DENNIS HEVESI
Mr. Ybarra was an author and reporter who had been covering extreme sports like rock climbing and kayaking for The Wall Street Journal since 2007.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
‘Central Park: An Anthology’
Edited by ANDREW BLAUNER
Reviewed by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In “Central Park: An Anthology,” edited by Andrew Blauner, New York’s 843-acre emerald rectangle is celebrated by an eclectic assortment of writers.
To Use and Use Not
By JULIE BOSMAN
Scribner is publishing a new edition of “A Farewell to Arms” that will include dozens of Ernest Hemingway’s alternate endings.
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PRINT & E-BOOKS
- Fiction
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HARDCOVER
- Trade Fiction
- Mass-Market Fiction
- Nonfiction
PAPERBACK
Back Page
This Land Was His Land
By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY and JOHNNY DEPP
Woody Guthrie wrote a Dust Bowl novel extolling the virtues of adobe homes.
Children's Books
Bookshelf: Oink
By PAMELA PAUL
New picture books starring pigs, including one named Boomer who’s training for the Animal Olympics.
Book Review Podcast
This week, David Sanger discusses Barack Obama’s foreign policy; James Shapiro talks about A. N. Wilson’s book “The Elizabethans”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
This Week's Book Review Podcast (mp3)
Book Review Features
Inside the List
By GREGORY COWLES
Karin Slaughter, whose new novel enters the hardcover list at No. 4 this week, comes by her thriller-ready name honestly: it’s the one she was born with.
STATE OF THE ART
An E-Book That Glows in the Dark
By DAVID POGUE
Ever get frustrated trying to read an e-book in a darkened room? Behold, the self-illuminating Glow Light Nook from Barnes & Noble.
From Opinion
OPINIONATOR | THE STONE
Reading and Guilty Pleasure
By GARY GUTTING
We separate authors like James Joyce and John Grisham into “highbrow” and “lowbrow.” So are some books just better than others?
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Uncle Ray’s Dystopia
By TIM KREIDER
Ray Bradbury didn’t just extrapolate the evolution of gadgetry; he foresaw how it would stunt and deform our psyches.
Graphic Books Best Sellers: Extreme Foodies
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Why a Bukowski-Sondheim Musical Makes Sense
July 13, 2012
Book Review Podcast: The Obama Doctrine
July 13, 2012
Business
OFF THE SHELF
Paths Around Investment Gloom and Doom
By PAUL B. BROWN
New books suggest ways for investors to do well even when the economy is going through a tough spell.
Metropolitan
BOOKSHELF
Walking the Halls of Bellevue
By BLAKE WILSON and D. NURKSE
Books on Bellevue Medical Center and New York City’s locavore movement, and poetry by D. Nurkse, Brooklyn’s former poet laureate.
Dining
Marion Cunningham, Home Cooking Advocate, Dies at 90
By KIM SEVERSON
Mrs. Cunningham, a mentor to many top chefs and foodies, rewrote “The Fannie Farmer Cookbook,” a project that spawned more of her books, a TV show and a newspaper column.
Obituaries
Henry Denker, Author in Many Genres, Dies at 99
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Denker’s large output ranged from novels and movies to TV and Broadway plays.
