Review: ‘Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne,’ by Katherine Rundell
In “Super-Infinite,” Katherine Rundell describes a man who was both munificent and misogynistic.
Review: ‘Meet Us by the Roaring Sea,’ by Akil Kumarasamy; ‘The Last Karankawas,’ by Kimberly Garza; ‘Mother in the Dark,’ by Kayla Maiuri
Debut novels by Akil Kumarasamy, Kimberly Garza and Kayla Maiuri feature lonely women, looking for a mother’s love.
Book Review: “The Undercurrents,” by Kirsty Bell
In “The Undercurrents,” the end of Kirsty Bell’s marriage starts her on a highly personal investigation of her adopted home.
5 new YA reads to check out this fall
As autumn's chill creeps in, we look to five new YA releases that will both haunt you and bewitch your heart, including books by the authors of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The City Beautiful.
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'Surveillance State' explores China's tech and social media control systems
Veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin spent years covering China. In a new book, they untangle how China built its formidable digital surveillance apparatus.
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In Angie Cruz’s New Novel, There’s No Such Thing as T.M.I.
“How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water” takes place in a career counselor’s office in Upper Manhattan, where a Dominican immigrant bares all.
Review: “In Search of Mary Seacole” by Helen Rappaport
Helen Rappaport’s “In Search of Mary Seacole” gives a Black nursing legend her due.
Review: “Strangers to Ourselves,” by Rachel Aviv
For her first book, the New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv probes her own and others’ lives to suggest how the stories we are told by the medical profession about our struggles can both help and harm.
Review: Climate Fiction: ‘Venomous Lumpsucker,’ ’Denial,’ ’40’
Three novels — “Venomous Lumpsucker,” “Denial” and “40” — consider a grim future and those responsible for it.
Newly Published, From Missing Classmates to a Family Curse
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘The Car,’ by Bryan Appleyard
Bryan Appleyard’s historical odyssey charts the human love affair with motor vehicles.
Book Review: ‘American Demon,’ by Daniel Stashower
In his new true-crime book, “American Demon,” Daniel Stashower explores the unsolved case of Cleveland’s “Torso Killer” and the quixotic hunt to stop him.
The Honeys
UnCovered Review by Samantha LeRoy, ACLS Mays Landing Branch
Ryan La Sala’s new book The Honeys follows in the footsteps of films such as Midsommar and the Witch, fitting nicely into this niche of “elevated horror,” horror defined by stylistic psychological twists, commentaries on society, and a dash of tasteful gore. The novel follows gender-fluid teen Mars Matthias in the aftermath of the traumatic death of his twin sister Caroline. Convinced her death has something to do with the Aspen Summer Academy, a summer camp designed for the kids of the hyper-wealthy and politically connected, Mars enrolls to investigate. There he finds the Honeys, a cabin full of enigmatic and powerful girls - the girls Caroline lived with during her time at Aspen. The closer Mars gets to the girls, and the more he blurs the binary divide of the camp, the more a sinister presence encloses around him.
The Honeys is a trippy analysis of gender, class, and grief. Throughout the book, Mars fights to find a place between the boys and the girls, torn between wanting to be embraced by the acceptance of the girls but also the respect of the boys, at the same time battling the demands of his high-maintenance, high-profile, wealthy parents. The horror itself is a slow burn, it keeps itself hidden until roughly 200+ pages in, and when it hits it hits hard (I don’t want to spoil it but it involves a horrible teenage boy, honey, and a basement). La Sala’s prose is also dreamy and poetic, however if you don’t have the patience for long-winded descriptions of bucolic imagery it may grow tiresome, but it was exactly how I prefer my novels.
Review: “Status and Culture” by W. David Marx.
In “Status and Culture,” W. David Marx sets out to unravel the grand mysteries of identity.
BOOK REVIEW: “The Instant” by Amy Liptrot
In her follow-up to “The Outrun,” Amy Liptrot grapples with more urban demons.
Agatha Christie’s Latest Biographer Plumbs a Life of Mystery
In “Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman,” Lucy Worsley revisits the weird story of one of the 20th century’s most popular and enduring authors.
Book Review: “The Red Widow,” by Sarah Horowitz
The toast and terror of Belle Epoque Paris, Marguerite Steinheil was a society hostess, a woman of letters, a muse — and probably a murderer.
At 10th anniversary of Benghazi attack, former diplomat offers context in new book
Ethan Chorin, who served in Libya, presents details that most Americans don't know about the embassy attack — and explores the role domestic politics played in the aftermath.
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New Crime Fiction
In “The Rising Tide,” old school chums who meet on an island off the Northumberland coast become murder suspects.
Review: “The Marriage Plot,” by Maggie O’Farrell
“The Marriage Portrait” is the fictionalized story of the 16th-century Italian noblewoman Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici.
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