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Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

“Confidence Man,” Maggie Haberman’s biography of the former president, argues that it’s essential to grasp New York’s steamy, histrionic folkways.

There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday.

Women doctors and scientists on the frontlines of the global battle against COVID-19 have revealed how the pandemic has exposed gender gaps in both access to healthcare and professional development in their fields.

A comprehensive review by the UN health agency has revealed critical gaps in understanding the full impact of climate change on malaria, dengue, trachoma and other tropical diseases.

After more than a year of delays and adjustments, the big-budget adaptation of a best-selling novel about music, love and fame hopes to become this year’s irresistible streaming series.

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.

An excerpt from “Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,” by Akwaeke Emezi

Pete Davis’s book grew out of a speech he gave to his Harvard Law School class about commitment, which has been viewed more than 30 million times online.

In “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver reimagines “David Copperfield” as a tale set in Southern Appalachia, and brings humanity and humor to a region and people who have long endured exploitation and condescension.