Marion Wiesel, Translator, Strategist and Wife of Elie Wiesel, Dies at 94
A fellow survivor, she was a literary and political adviser who helped her husband gain recognition as a singular moral authority on the Holocaust.
Millicent Dillon, Chronicler of Jane and Paul Bowles, Dies at 99
A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction project examining of the lives of two eccentric authors who spent decades in Morocco.
Book Review: ‘Memorial Days,’ by Geraldine Brooks
In “Memorial Days,” Geraldine Brooks retreats to an island off Australia hoping to pick up the pieces after the sudden death of her husband.
Book Review: ‘Something Rotten,’ by Andrew Lipstein
“Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s latest examination of male self-delusion, finds a Brooklyn journalist falling under the sway of a Svengali.
3 Romance Novels We Recommend
What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best.
Suzanne Massie, ‘Reagan’s Window on the Soviet Union,’ Dies at 94
An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the president.
2 Novels for People Who Really, Really Love Cats
Rachel Ingalls’s lion god; Haruki Murakami’s cat whisperer.
Book Review: ‘Isola,’ by Allegra Goodman
Allegra Goodman’s novel “Isola” tells the story of a 16th-century Frenchwoman’s extraordinary fight for survival.
Book Review: ‘A Season of Light,’ by Julie Iromuanya
In Julie Iromuanya’s novel “A Season of Light,” a Nigerian American family in Florida experiences aftershocks from their father’s trauma during the Biafran War.
Book Review: ‘Victorian Psycho,’ by Virginia Feito
Virginia Feito’s relentlessly gory novel “Victorian Psycho” announces its narrator’s grisly intentions from the start.
Book Club: Let’s Talk About Alan Hollinghurst’s ‘Our Evenings’
This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
UnCovered Review by Tiffanie Haynes, ACLS Mays Landing Branch Manager
This book was a great way to start the year. I discovered it because I was looking for a book that broke the fourth wall and this book does that in a truly funny and original way. One of the best parts of this book is that the author is constantly interacting with the reader. If you’re a person who uses audio books, I highly recommend the audio version. He makes sure that even those of us who tend to let our minds wander during audio book readings are brought back with a little laugh. He is also constantly giving summaries so you’re never lost about what is going on within the book. It is definitely a new spin on the detective novel. The title is a spoiler but in the best way as you try to figure out how all of these wonderful family members committed murder.
Book Club: Read ‘Orbital,’ by Samantha Harvey, With the Book Review
In February, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Orbital,” a Booker Prize-winning novel following six people living and working on a space station above Earth.
James Carlos Blake, Novelist of Outlaw Life, Is Dead at 81
His savage fiction, set in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, demonstrated his belief that “violence is the most elemental truth of life.”
Secrets feed on time in the masterful novel 'Mothers and Sons'
Adam Haslett's compelling novel focuses on the strained relationship between an asylum lawyer and his mother. It's a beautiful appreciation of the all-too-human mess of life.
Book Review: ‘Fearless and Free,’ by Josephine Baker
“Fearless and Free,” recorded between 1926 and 1949, is full of heroism, glamour, righteous anger — and things you wish you could unsee.
Michael Palin on His Diaries and Adventurous Life
In an interview, the Monty Python veteran looks back on his experiences performing in the revered sketch troupe and touring the world as a travel host.
Mac Barnett on New Editions of Gianni Rodari’s ‘The Grammar of Fantasy’ and ‘Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto’
Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.
Ali Hazelwood’s Best Romance Books Recommendations
These steamy reads bring the emotion and the heat.
Rebecca Yarros’ ‘Onyx Storm’ is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years
The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the romantasy genre’s staying power.
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