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'The Wrong War'
By BING WEST
Reviewed by DEXTER FILKINS
This crushing critique of the war in Afghanistan goes a long way toward explaining why America's embrace of counterinsurgency strategy has not delivered its promised success.
Also in the Book Review
'Townie: A Memoir'
By ANDRE DUBUS III
Reviewed by DARCEY STEINKE
Andre Dubus III recalls his upbringing in a Massachusetts mill town, and the tormentors he and his siblings had to fight through.
• Excerpt
'Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin'
Reviewed by THOMAS MALLON
The letters of the travel writer Bruce Chatwin provide sharp renderings of misadventure and mores.
'The Adults'
By ALISON ESPACH
Reviewed by ALEX KUCZYNSKI
As this first novel's 14-year-old narrator looks on, her affluent suburban family disintegrates.
'Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters'
By DONALD BOGLE
Reviewed by DAVID HAJDU
A historian of African-American entertainment seeks to rehabilitate the image of the pioneering actress and singer Ethel Waters.
'The Oracle of Stamboul'
By MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS
Reviewed by JAMES HYNES
A young girl is swept up by the intrigue of the sultan's court in this novel of the late Ottoman Empire.
'Open City'
By TEJU COLE
Reviewed by MIGUEL SYJUCO
The peripatetic hero of Teju Cole's indelible novel reflects on his adopted New York, the Africa of his youth, today's America and a Europe wary of its future.
'The Night Season'
By CHELSEA CAIN
Reviewed by ZOE SLUTZKY
The serial killer Gretchen Lowell is locked up, but a new threat confounds Detective Archie Sheridan in Chelsea Cain's new thriller.
'The Secret Soldier'
By ALEX BERENSON
Reviewed by TODD PRUZAN
With Saudi Arabia reeling after a series of terrorist attacks, Alex Berenson's reluctant hero is the kingdom's only hope.
'Portraits of a Marriage'
By SANDOR MARAI
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
In monologues set in Budapest, Rome and New York, Sandor Marai's characters explore a decades-old love triangle.
'The Illumination'
By KEVIN BROCKMEIER
Reviewed by SCOTT HUTCHINS
All across this deeply felt novel's world, human pain has been made literally visible.
'How to Run the World'
By PARAG KHANNA
Reviewed by STEPHANIE GIRY
Parag Khanna offers a chaotic view of power in the 21st century.
'Montecore: The Silence of the Tiger'
By JONAS HASSEN KHEMIRI
Reviewed by ANDER MONSON
Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novel is told in two voices, a generation and the distance from Tunisia to Sweden separating them.
'Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age'
By SUSAN JACOBY
Reviewed by TED C. FISHMAN
Susan Jacoby challenges the optimistic marketing that has made old age seem pleasant and carefree.
'She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth'
By HELEN CASTOR
Reviewed by MIRANDA SEYMOUR
Helen Castor examines the lives of four plucky royal consorts who struggled over the throne of England.
'Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars'
By SOLOMON VOLKOV
Reviewed by JENNIFER HOMANS
In Solomon Volkov's telling, the Romanovs nurtured and sustained Russia's great creative minds.
'The Invisible Line'
By DANIEL J. SHARFSTEIN
Reviewed by RAYMOND ARSENAULT
A history of how three African-American families of mixed ancestry stopped being black.
'The Landmark Arrian'
Reviewed by STEVE COATES
A newly annotated edition of "The Campaigns of Alexander," by the second-century Greek historian Arrian.
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
RELATED COLUMNS
TBR: Inside the List
Editors' Choice
Paperback Row
Book Review Features
ESSAY
Bent Spines
By LEAH PRICE
Two centuries ago, doctors blamed reading for all manner of bodily ills. One day, my back suddenly agreed.
CRIME
Troubled Spirit
By MARILYN STASIO
Mystery novels by Andrew Taylor, Keigo Higashino, Mo Hayder and Liza Marklund.
• More Crime Columns
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
'Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit'
By IL SUNG NA
Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL
"Whimsy" is a word that runs rampant in the description of children's literature, but Il Sung Na's picture books certainly merit the label.
Book Review Podcast
Featuring Bing West on the war in Afghanistan; and David Hajdu on the life of Ethel Waters.
Graphic Books Best Sellers: When Lightning Strikes
Madison Has Been a National Stage Before
PEN World Voices Festival Announces Lineup
Paper Cuts Joins ArtsBeat
Book News
A Founding Father's Books Turn Up
By SAM ROBERTS
The discovery of books that once had been in Thomas Jefferson's library has made Washington University in St. Louis the third largest repository of his collections.
REVIEWS BY THE TIMES'S CRITICS
'Blood, Bones & Butter' by Gabrielle Hamilton
'Alone Together' by Sherry Turkle
'Moby-Duck' by Donovan Hohn
ARCHIVE
Crime Columns
Children's Books
The New York Times Book Review: Back Issues
Editor's Note
Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond.
Blake Wilson
Books Producer
The New York Times on the Web
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'The Wrong War'
By BING WEST
Reviewed by DEXTER FILKINS
This crushing critique of the war in Afghanistan goes a long way toward explaining why America's embrace of counterinsurgency strategy has not delivered its promised success.
Also in the Book Review
'Townie: A Memoir'
By ANDRE DUBUS III
Reviewed by DARCEY STEINKE
Andre Dubus III recalls his upbringing in a Massachusetts mill town, and the tormentors he and his siblings had to fight through.
• Excerpt
'Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin'
Reviewed by THOMAS MALLON
The letters of the travel writer Bruce Chatwin provide sharp renderings of misadventure and mores.
'The Adults'
By ALISON ESPACH
Reviewed by ALEX KUCZYNSKI
As this first novel's 14-year-old narrator looks on, her affluent suburban family disintegrates.
'Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters'
By DONALD BOGLE
Reviewed by DAVID HAJDU
A historian of African-American entertainment seeks to rehabilitate the image of the pioneering actress and singer Ethel Waters.
'The Oracle of Stamboul'
By MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS
Reviewed by JAMES HYNES
A young girl is swept up by the intrigue of the sultan's court in this novel of the late Ottoman Empire.
'Open City'
By TEJU COLE
Reviewed by MIGUEL SYJUCO
The peripatetic hero of Teju Cole's indelible novel reflects on his adopted New York, the Africa of his youth, today's America and a Europe wary of its future.
'The Night Season'
By CHELSEA CAIN
Reviewed by ZOE SLUTZKY
The serial killer Gretchen Lowell is locked up, but a new threat confounds Detective Archie Sheridan in Chelsea Cain's new thriller.
'The Secret Soldier'
By ALEX BERENSON
Reviewed by TODD PRUZAN
With Saudi Arabia reeling after a series of terrorist attacks, Alex Berenson's reluctant hero is the kingdom's only hope.
'Portraits of a Marriage'
By SANDOR MARAI
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
In monologues set in Budapest, Rome and New York, Sandor Marai's characters explore a decades-old love triangle.
'The Illumination'
By KEVIN BROCKMEIER
Reviewed by SCOTT HUTCHINS
All across this deeply felt novel's world, human pain has been made literally visible.
'How to Run the World'
By PARAG KHANNA
Reviewed by STEPHANIE GIRY
Parag Khanna offers a chaotic view of power in the 21st century.
'Montecore: The Silence of the Tiger'
By JONAS HASSEN KHEMIRI
Reviewed by ANDER MONSON
Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novel is told in two voices, a generation and the distance from Tunisia to Sweden separating them.
'Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age'
By SUSAN JACOBY
Reviewed by TED C. FISHMAN
Susan Jacoby challenges the optimistic marketing that has made old age seem pleasant and carefree.
'She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth'
By HELEN CASTOR
Reviewed by MIRANDA SEYMOUR
Helen Castor examines the lives of four plucky royal consorts who struggled over the throne of England.
'Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars'
By SOLOMON VOLKOV
Reviewed by JENNIFER HOMANS
In Solomon Volkov's telling, the Romanovs nurtured and sustained Russia's great creative minds.
'The Invisible Line'
By DANIEL J. SHARFSTEIN
Reviewed by RAYMOND ARSENAULT
A history of how three African-American families of mixed ancestry stopped being black.
'The Landmark Arrian'
Reviewed by STEVE COATES
A newly annotated edition of "The Campaigns of Alexander," by the second-century Greek historian Arrian.
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
RELATED COLUMNS
TBR: Inside the List
Editors' Choice
Paperback Row
Book Review Features
ESSAY
Bent Spines
By LEAH PRICE
Two centuries ago, doctors blamed reading for all manner of bodily ills. One day, my back suddenly agreed.
CRIME
Troubled Spirit
By MARILYN STASIO
Mystery novels by Andrew Taylor, Keigo Higashino, Mo Hayder and Liza Marklund.
• More Crime Columns
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
'Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit'
By IL SUNG NA
Reviewed by PAMELA PAUL
"Whimsy" is a word that runs rampant in the description of children's literature, but Il Sung Na's picture books certainly merit the label.
Book Review Podcast
Featuring Bing West on the war in Afghanistan; and David Hajdu on the life of Ethel Waters.
Graphic Books Best Sellers: When Lightning Strikes
Madison Has Been a National Stage Before
PEN World Voices Festival Announces Lineup
Paper Cuts Joins ArtsBeat
Book News
A Founding Father's Books Turn Up
By SAM ROBERTS
The discovery of books that once had been in Thomas Jefferson's library has made Washington University in St. Louis the third largest repository of his collections.
REVIEWS BY THE TIMES'S CRITICS
'Blood, Bones & Butter' by Gabrielle Hamilton
'Alone Together' by Sherry Turkle
'Moby-Duck' by Donovan Hohn
ARCHIVE
Crime Columns
Children's Books
The New York Times Book Review: Back Issues
Editor's Note
Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond.
Blake Wilson
Books Producer
The New York Times on the Web
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