Books

With Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling brings her beloved series to an end

Hisham Matar learns of his father’s fate, and the fate of Libya, in this effective personal chronicle

A book with a compelling premise that ultimately fails to deliver

The Devourers is a book of compellingly written stories within stories

Dave Eggers’ exquisite new book finds him back to writing what he knows—though that isn’t necessarily a good thing

Harry Potter and the return of anticipation

A bestselling author of children’s books explains how he’d explain politics to kids, and whether such books should be so partisan

Paul Kalanithi refuses to relinquish the non-fiction crown, as Daniel Silva’s ’The Black Widow’ skitters up the fiction list

A readable comeback from the once-shamed science journalist

Helen Gurley Brown edited Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years, during which she changed the way women talked about sex