5 new mysteries and thrillers to help get you through winter
The long days of January and February usually herald some great reads featuring crime, suspense and — everyone's favorite — murder.
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Book Review: ‘The Curse of the Marquis de Sade,’ by Joel Warner
A new book by Joel Warner traces the fate of the parchment on which the infamous author wrote “120 Days of Sodom,” a trail involving scholars, aristocrats and thieves — and lots of money.
Book Review: ‘True Life,’ by Adam Zagajewski
“True Life,” a collection of verse by the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, arrives in English translation almost exactly two years after his death.
Book Review: ‘Sink: A Memoir,’ by Joseph Earl Thomas
Joseph Earl Thomas’s remarkable debut, “Sink,” recounts the coming-of-age of a young man for whom poverty, violence, drug abuse and racism were simply facts of daily life.
Book Review: ‘Trust the Plan,’ by Will Sommer, Examines QAnon
“Trust the Plan,” by Will Sommer, tracks the emergence of a bizarre movement from the wastewaters of the internet.
Book Review: ‘I Have Some Questions for You,’ by Rebecca Makkai
In “I Have Some Questions for You,” Rebecca Makkai dispatches her protagonist to a remote campus to teach — and seek justice.
Book Review: ‘Homestead,’ by Melinda Moustakis
In her debut novel, “Homestead,” Melinda Moustakis follows a stoic pair as they build a life on unfamiliar, unforgiving soil.
Book Review: ‘Zig-Zag Boy,’ by Tanya Frank
In her memoir, “Zig-Zag Boy,” Tanya Frank looks back on her son’s epic struggle with schizoaffective disorder.
International Literature: Lush Landscapes, Hazy Memories
New books from Kevin Jared Hosein, Pilar Quintana, Nona Fernández and Patrick Modiano.
Book Review Podcast: Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role, and a look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding.
Book Review: ‘Every Man a King,’ by Walter Mosley
His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complicated past.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Book Review: “We Are Here,” by Tami Charles, and “An American Story,” by Kwame Alexander
In separate works, Tami Charles and Kwame Alexander tell a story not of Black America but of America, of a history we all must own.
He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller
Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.
By the Book Interview: Rebecca Makkai
“Not a generically boring office job, but something terribly specific that we don’t normally get to hear about,” says the author, whose new book is “I Have Some Questions for You.” “I want to enjoy a novel and at the same time learn everything about eel fishing or asbestos removal or typewriter repair.”
Newly Published, From Quiet Poems to Climate Migrants
A selection of books published this week.
Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?
Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm.
Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?
Never easy, the relationship between the vaunted political system and economic order appears to be in crisis. New books by historians and economists sound the alarm.
Book Review: ‘Dangerous Love,’ by Ben Okri
In his new book, the Booker Prize winner Ben Okri imagines a star-crossed romance in battle-scarred Nigeria.
Want to be a writer? This bleak but buoyant guide says to get used to rejection
On Writing and Failure isn't your standard meditation on the art and nobility of writing as a profession; instead, author Stephen Marche argues writers should be prepared to fail — again and again.
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