Damaris Colhoun

This week: a grandson’s compelling dive into his grandfather’s life as a WWII combat psychiatrist an his most famous patient, and a journalist’s journey into a college classroom where death is the subject.

From the mystery of neutrinos to the tragedy of Newtown.

This week: a book about men in all sorts of ways, a writer’s 1940s New York, a rain drenched Irish tale of murder and pursuit, and a novel filled with trash.

<p>Two masters of the crime novel have new works: Jo Nesbo’s <i>Police</i>&nbsp;and George Pelecanos’s <i>The Double</i>.</p>

From Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding’s next book, to the story of mushroom foragers who supply fungal gold to the world’s best restaurants.

This week, a stunning debut of historically set stories, Edward Said’s daughter hunts for her roots, and a journey told in noodles.

From a novel of Brooklyn neuroses to what happens when evangelicals take over an Alaskan national park.