You Don’t Need to Speak Another Language to Love a Bilingual Edition
Treat language as a Jenga tower, moving its pieces but preserving its structure.
Book Review: ‘Glassworks,’ by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
In her debut novel, “Glassworks,” Olivia Wolfgang-Smith follows multiple generations of a family over the course of a century, as they struggle to discover and define themselves.
Book Review: ‘Yellowface,’ by R.F. Kuang
In “Yellowface,” R.F. Kuang satirizes the publishing industry with a tale of a struggling writer who passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own.
Book Review: ‘Thinning Blood,’ by Leah Myers
In “Thinning Blood,” Leah Myers mixes genres to explore her tribal heritage.
Book Review: ‘The Postcard,’ by Anne Berest
“The Postcard,” by Anne Berest, tells the story of the author’s family members who died at Auschwitz in 1942.
Book Review: ‘The Garden of Seven Twilights,’ by Miquel de Palol
“The Garden of Seven Twilights,” by Miquel de Palol, is a vast novel of ideas masquerading as a novel of suspense.
In 'Quietly Hostile,' Samantha Irby trains a cynical eye inward
In her fourth collection of essays, the bestselling author and TV writer renews her love/hate vows with the human race — as well as her relationship with her own flaws and failings.
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'Yellowface' takes white privilege to a sinister level
R.F. Kuang's first foray outside fantasy is a well-executed, gripping, fast-paced novel about the nuances of the publishing world when an author is desperate enough to do anything for success.
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Book Review: ‘Fortune’s Bazaar,’ by Vaudine England
In “Fortune’s Bazaar,” Vaudine England rejects a tale-of-two-cities approach to the history of Hong Kong’s colonization, embracing the in-between lives of those who made it.
Book Review: ‘Easily Slip Into Another World,’ by Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill’s memoir unfolds from his maddening wartime experience to his boundary-pushing musical career.
Book Review: “The Bathysphere Book,” by Brad Fox
In “The Bathysphere Book,” Brad Fox chronicles the fascinating Depression-era ocean explorations of William Beebe.
Book Review: ‘Undaunted,’ by Brooke Kroeger
“Undaunted,” Brooke Kroeger’s new history of women in journalism, tracks the victories, setbacks and pathbreaking careers that have marked the decades-long fight for gender parity in the field.
Pulitzer Winners
Hua Hsu, author of the memoir “Stay True,” and Hernan Diaz, author of the novel “Trust,” discuss their books and their reactions to winning the Pulitzer Prize.
Victor LaValle's novel 'Lone Women' is infused with dread and horror — and more
This is a wonderful novel that expertly combines adventure and terror, sprinkled with The Changeling author's mordant wit and assured prose. It is a horror novel, but it's also a refreshing western.
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Newly Published, From Mortal Angst to Domestic Reinvention
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘The Labors of Hercules Beal,’ by Gary D. Schmidt, and ‘The Storyteller,’ by Brandon Hobson
In new novels by the National Book Award finalists Gary D. Schmidt and Brandon Hobson, adolescent boys navigating parental loss find strength in ancient mythology.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: ‘Blue Skies,’ by T.C. Boyle
“Blue Skies,” by T.C. Boyle, considers life in a coastal America made increasingly untenable by climate change.
'The East Indian' imagines the life of the first Indian immigrant to now-U.S. land
Brinda Charry aims to recover, reclaim, and reframe the little-known, barely footnoted history of the earliest Indian immigrant on record to what is now the United States.
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Sometimes, Academic Writing Hits Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Emotionally
“Those works are labors of love too,” says the author, whose new novel is “Chain-Gang All-Stars.” “I like work that moves me, makes me see things anew, asserts humanity, cares enough to really look. That can be emotional or intellectual and usually (almost always) it’s both.”
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