Ruth Ozeki’s Borgesian, Zen Buddhist Parable of Consumerism
In “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” the characters are so preoccupied with material possessions that objects come to life all around them.
Was Occupy Wall Street the ‘Beginning of the Beginning’?
In “Generation Occupy,” Michael Levitin argues that the 2011 protest against income inequality shaped both the substance and style of American politics.
Colson Whitehead on ‘Harlem Shuffle’
Whitehead talks about his new novel, and Colm Toibin discusses “The Magician.”
Afghanistan, a Double Bind and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath’ and ‘Sisters’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State
Thomas Mann spent the years during World War I composing “Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man,” an idiosyncratic assault on democracy and reason that was recently reissued. The book’s political ideas are of little use, Christopher Beha writes, but Mann’s critique of how democracies enlist writers to serve as their social conscience resonates forcefully today.
Kate DiCamillo’s New Novel, About a Girl Who Would Be King
In “The Beatryce Prophecy,” a young girl is hunted by the king because of a prophecy that she will unseat him.
Brian Selznick’s Lockdown Masterpiece
“Kaleidoscope” is the stuff of dreams — glittering shards of a wondrously ungraspable story.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
This Thoughtful, Profound Thriller Centers On Identity And Its Many Layers
Amanda Jayatissa's My Sweet Girl is a twisty psychological thriller — but also a nuanced examination of identity as its Sri Lankan American heroine struggles with a murder that may not have happened.
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They Survived, They Recovered (Mostly) ... What Next?
Three new memoirs traverse the rocky terrain between illness and everyday life.
Rosamund Pike Reads Paula Hawkins; and Other Audiobooks to Make Your Head Spin
A murder mystery on a London houseboat, a 16th-century Pacific voyage, and a deep dive into humans’ relationships with animals.
Optimism Rears Its Sunny Head on the Best-Seller List
Four new titles either allude to the elusive commodity or grab it by the shoulders and pin it onto the page.
Anderson Cooper Wishes His Parents and Truman Capote Could Reconcile Over Dinner
“They stopped speaking to him after he wrote some pretty cruel stuff about my mom in a story published in Esquire in 1975. I wouldn’t want Truman to stay very long though, and he couldn’t have any alcohol. Actually let’s make it Truman circa 1966, not the bloated Truman of 1975.”
Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?
In “The Platform Delusion,” Jonathan Knee takes apart the magical aura that surrounds one of Silicon Valley’s biggest conceptual exports.
Atrocities Of 'Conquistadores' Take Shape In New History By Mexican-Born Author
Historian Fernando Cervantes marshals an enormous array of primary and secondary sources to tell the story of the decades that followed Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World.
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Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love
The versatile novelist moves away from the heavier themes that won him a brace of Pulitzer Prizes in Harlem Shuffle, a heist caper starring a mostly-upright furniture salesman with a criminal streak.
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Newly Published, From James Baldwin to a Life-Changing Dog
A selection of books published this week.
Biography and Memoir: September 2021
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.
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New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: September 19, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 9/14/2021 9:00:00 PM
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