NYT Books

Ed Park’s latest Graphic Content column looks at new work from Matt Madden and R. Kikuo Johnson.

New collections by Hiromi Kawakami, Wendy J. Fox and Blake Sanz.

In her new best seller, “The Sentence,” the veteran novelist plays a small but important role as her protagonist’s benevolent boss.

He succeeded in making French philosophy hip and provoking mainstream American culture, but he couldn’t vanquish his childhood memories of Nazi rule.

“Nina,” by Traci N. Todd, and “Song for Jimi,” by Charles R. Smith Jr., spotlight Black musicians who broke sound and color barriers.

Jones’s book “Powers and Thrones” is a comprehensive history of the Middle Ages that links the medieval era’s genuine achievements to modern times.

“Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown” offers a whirlwind account of events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis.

In Cherie Priest’s new novel, “Grave Reservations,” a travel agent with spotty psychic powers assists a local detective.

In “The Deep Places,” Ross Douthat chronicles the illness that continued to plague him no matter what he threw at it.

“Lean Fall Stand,” a new book by Jon McGregor, and “Storm,” a new edition of a 1941 book by George R. Stewart, examine the unpredictable power of extreme weather events.