By VIET THANH NGUYEN
Revie wed by PHILIP CAPUTO
Viet Thanh Nguyen's tragicomic debut novel compels us to look at the Vietnam War and its aftermath in a new light.
Lydia
Davis: By the Book
The author,
most recently, of "Can't and Won't" abandoned reading Harry Potter
alongside her son: "I found the writing flat and shallow, and the
characters less than interesting."
By OLEN STEINHAUER
Reviewed by CRAIG TAYLOR
Olen
Steinhauer's thriller takes place, almost entirely, across a restaurant table.
'A
Little Life'
By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Reviewed by CAROL ANSHAWIn Hanya
Yanagihara's novel, four friends from college grapple with adulthood in New
York.
'Heretic:
Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now'
By AYAAN HIRSI ALI
Reviewed by SUSAN DOMINUS
Ayaan Hirsi
Ali believes that extremist violence is rooted in Islam's fundamental texts.
'ISIS:
Inside the Army of Terror,' and More
By STEVE NEGUS
Three books
attempt to understand the Islamic State.
'A
Higher Form of Calling'
By DIANA PRESTON
Reviewed by ALEXANDER ROSE
In 1915, the
Germans turned for the first time to weapons that targeted civilians as well as
soldiers.
'Barefoot
Dogs'
By ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO
Reviewed by PATRICIA ENGEL
A threatened
Mexican clan seeks the safety of exile.
'Eye
on the Struggle'
By JAMES McGRATH
MORRIS
Reviewed by KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD
The life of
the journalist Ethel Payne, who roved the world and brought black experience to
readers and listeners.
'What
Comes Next and How to Like It'
By ABIGAIL THOMAS
Reviewed by KATHERINE A. POWERS
Abigail
Thomas's third memoir both records and laments the passage of time.
'The
Wisdom of Perversity'
By RAFAEL YGLESIAS
Reviewed by JOYCE CAROL OATES
In Rafael
Yglesias's novel, three grown friends decide whether to go public about the
pedophile who disfigured their lives.
By JILL CIMENT
Reviewed by ANNA HEYWARD
In Jill
Ciment's novel, a mysterious fungus takes root in Brooklyn and spreads through
the city.
'Meeting
the English'
By KATE CLANCHY
Reviewed by MARY POLS
Inored by
his family, an ailing writer enlists a teenager's aid.
'The
Hunting Gun' and 'Life of a Counterfeiter'
By YASUSHI INOUE.
Translated by MICHAEL EMMERICH.
Reviewed by JANICE P. NIMURA
Three tales
and a novella by the postwar figure Yasushi Inoue.
'Delicious
Foods'
By JAMES HANNAHAM
Reviewed by TED GENOWAYS
A boy
searches for his young drug-addicted mother employed at a remote industrial
farm.
'Eleanor
Marx: A Life'
By RACHEL HOLMES
Reviewed by VIVIAN GORNICK
Eleanor Marx,
the subject of a new biography, became a major player on the British left.
'Becoming
Steve Jobs'
By BRENT SCHLENDER and
RICK TETZELI
Reviewed by BRAD STONE
A portrait of
a volatile boy wonder and his path to technological vanguard.
'The
Contender'
By MICHAEL SHNAYERSON
Reviewed by JASON ZENGERLE
A biography
of Andrew Cuomo shows how he has often defined himself in opposition to the
record of his father, Mario.
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