Death and Madness
This week: a grandson’s compelling dive into his grandfather’s life as a WWII combat psychiatrist an his most famous patient, and a journalist’s journey into a college classroom where death is the subject.
Read ‘Em
This week: a book about men in all sorts of ways, a writer’s 1940s New York, a rain drenched Irish tale of murder and pursuit, and a novel filled with trash.
Twinships
Two masters of the crime novel have new works: Jo Nesbo’s Police and George Pelecanos’s The Double.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding’s next book, to the story of mushroom foragers who supply fungal gold to the world’s best restaurants.
On the Hunt
This week, a stunning debut of historically set stories, Edward Said’s daughter hunts for her roots, and a journey told in noodles.
Neighbors
From a novel of Brooklyn neuroses to what happens when evangelicals take over an Alaskan national park.