A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Putin’s Sledgehammer
By Candace Rondeaux
An engrossing look at Yevgeny Prighozin’s soldiers-for-hire.
Centroeuropa
By Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Rahul Bery
A quirky fairytale replete with a witch, a giant, and lots of corpses.
Bliss Montage: Stories
By Ling Ma
The author’s first collection sets a surreal world spinning on an axis of displacement.
Against White Feminism
By Rafia Zakaria
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It’s time to reimagine — and reinvent — a crucial movement.
The Book of Form and Emptiness
By Ruth Ozeki
Reality proves elusive in this captivating tale of a grieving mother and son.
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By Katherine Rundell
An affectionate look at a complex renaissance man.
Plain Air: Sketches from Winesburg, Indiana
By Michael Martone
This collection invites comparison to that other Winesburg, with surprising results.
The Enigma Affair
By Charlie Lovett
Over-the-top characters make for a rowdy, farfetched read.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk
By Robert Kershaw
This in-depth chronicle leans heavily on detail while providing novel insights.
