Book Reviews

In “Norse Mythology,” Neil Gaiman brings visceral voice to the ancient and weird tales that have so deeply informed the otherworlds of his fiction.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is shrouded in secrecy. Here are three books that offer insider knowledge.

Hockey, long frozen out of the fiction best-seller list, gets its due in Fredrik Backman’s “Beartown.”

New picture books about birds include the tale of a pigeon in the subway, a history of falconry and the hopeful story of a bird-loving Syrian refugee boy.

Kids act up in new picture books about wearing a gorilla suit, refusing to change your pants, and the joy of not wearing clothes at all.

In three new graphic fantasy novels for young readers, kids face down threats including an overheating planet, a toxic spill and anthropod aliens.

“Survivors Club,” by Michael Bornstein and his daughter, Debbie Bornstein Holinstat, tells a harrowing and moving Holocaust story for young readers

Elizabeth Warren talks about “This Fight Is Our Fight,” and Doree Shafrir discusses her debut novel, “Startup.”

Four new picture books take young readers on adventures in gorgeously illustrated forests.

Readers respond to the idea that writers’ workshops can be isolating environments and more.

The popular girls and mean girls of “Real Friends” distress the author of this middle-grade graphic memoir from Shannon Hale.

Ten years into the Age of the Smartphone, “mobile fiction” offers a new way of reading based on an old way of writing.

In “Bronze and Sunflower,” two lonely kids form a lifesaving friendship in a tale from one of China’s most popular authors, Cao Wenxuan.

As a new industry arrives to lift a struggling town, in “The End of the Wild” by Nicole Helget, a young forager weighs its heavy costs.

Strout’s new novel, “Anything Is Possible,” is profound in its rendering of the stories we hide, and the ways we save, or fail to save, one another.

In “No One Can Pronounce My Name,” three Indian-Americans struggle to maintain ties to their community while breaking free of its strictures.

In “Easternization,” Gideon Rachman explores an international transfer of power.

New memoirs recall tumultuous relationships between mothers and sons.

In “The Wisdom of Money,” Pascal Bruckner favors philosophy over practical ideas about money and how to deal with it.

In “York,” Laura Ruby’s captivating new novel, a treasure hunt takes place in a present-day, steam-punky version of New York.