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Children’s Books: ‘Octopus Alone,’ by Divya Srinivasan, and More

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 10:46am
New picture books about a fish and a snail that live in a book, the creator of a submarine, and more.    

Children’s Books: ‘Giant Dance Party,’ by Betsy Bird, and More

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:53am
New picture books about parties include pirates, blue furry giants and a birthday feast.    

Crime: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey,’ and More

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:29am
Carl Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey” is another misadventure in the annals of greed and corruption in South Florida, “the Medicare-fraud capital of America.”    

Benjamin Percy’s ‘Red Moon’

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:29am
In Benjamin Percy’s novel, the misunderstood lycanthrope population is being persecuted. And they’re not going to take it anymore.    

‘The Dispensable Nation’ and ‘Foreign Policy Begins at Home’

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:26am
Two foreign policy figures criticize, from differing directions, President Obama’s program.    

Children’s Books: ‘The Servant’ and ‘The Wall’

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:25am
Two teenage protagonists strain against expectations in the Middle East.    

Children’s Books: ‘The Favorite Daughter’ and ‘The Thing About Luck’

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:25am
First- and second-generation American girls make their own way in these tales.    

Inside the List

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Colum McCann says that in writing about Frederick Douglass for his novel “TransAtlantic” (at No. 13 on the hardcover fiction list), he saw surprising parallels to President Obama.    

Paperback Row

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Paperback books of particular interest.    

Editors’ Choice

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.    

‘In the Body of the World,’ by Eve Ensler

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:23am
Eve Ensler describes her personal and political struggles.    

‘The Why of Things,’ by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:23am
Two inexplicable tragedies leave a tight-knit family reeling in Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop’s third novel.    

Margalit Fox’s ‘Riddle of the Labyrinth’

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:22am
Ascertaining the meaning of the ancient script Linear B becomes a detective story.    

Essay: Creative Writing in a Massachusetts Prison

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:21am
Inside a Massachusetts prison, a creative-writing class experiences the power of words and stories.    

Bloomsday Memories

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:21am
Notable fans of “Ulysses” recall the ways they have spent June 16 in years past.    

‘Confessions of a Sociopath,’ by M. E. Thomas

Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:19am
A self-professed sociopath (noncriminal) describes her charm, intelligence and absence of emotion.    

‘The Son,’ by Philipp Meyer

Thu, 06/13/2013 - 1:55pm
A multigenerational saga follows the fortunes of one Texas clan.    

‘What Do Women Want?’ by Daniel Bergner

Thu, 06/13/2013 - 1:54pm
Daniel Bergner argues that bias has obscured the existence, strength and significance of female sex drive.    

Children’s Books: Julie Fogliano’s ‘If You Want to See a Whale,’ and More

Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:45pm
Patience and fortitude are rewarded in these picture books.    

Q. and A.: Tom Drury Talks About ‘Pacific’

Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:08pm
Mr. Drury’s new novel stars several of the characters first introduced in his 1994 novel, “The End of Vandalism.”