The Chinese Language Revolution
Jing Tsu talks about “Kingdom of Characters,” and Kathryn Schulz discusses “Lost and Found.”
'Joan Is Okay,' explores the meaning of home, having roots
By exploring the spectrum of commitment in this book, and in her debut novel Chemistry, Weike Wang has shown us myriad ways to build a sense of home, myriad ways to feel okay in our skin.
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Two Novelists, Avi and Brian Farrey, Use Fiction to Show Kids Why Facts Matter
“Loyalty” and “The Counterclockwise Heart” — set in 1774 Boston and a fairy-tale kingdom divided against itself — explore how misinformation stokes fear and incites violence.
Four New Crime Novels
Stephen Hunter’s new novel, “Targeted,” features the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger — who’s still a crack shot — in his 12th adventure.
From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache
Fiction by Mina Seçkin, Lisa Harding, Neel Patel and Renée Branum tells of transnational family and loss.
New in Paperback: ‘Harlem Shadows’ and ‘The Black Church’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Seeking Enlightenment, He Disappeared Into a Hiker’s Bermuda Triangle
In “Lost in the Valley of Death,” Harley Rustad follows the long and winding road that led Justin Alexander Shetler to India’s Parvati Valley.
Heroic Outcasts Who Reshaped America
James R. Gaines’s “The Fifties” describes a decade when opposition to a stifling national consensus was costly and courageous.
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Davos Man' is an angry, powerful look at economic inequality
New York Times writer Peter S. Goodman does not like Davos Man. At all. And his new book does an excellent job explaining why — focusing on the rich getting richer as the COVID-19 pandemic raged.
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Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous
“I was really disappointed when I read ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’” says the author of “The Making of Incarnation” and other novels. “But then I read his ‘Mother Night,’ and thought it was brilliant.”
Reckoning With Joan Didion, the Archpriestess of Cool
Daphne Merkin examines her complicated feelings about Didion’s writing, iconic status and legacy.
These Old Hands Have Written New Best Sellers
What do Jacqueline Woodson and Elizabeth George have in common? They’re both veteran authors whose books fly off the shelves.
They Made the Most of the Opioid Crisis. Until They Didn’t.
In “The Hard Sell,” the journalist Evan Hughes tells the story of the rise and fall of Insys Therapeutics — and the larger pharmaceutical industry.
Thoreau, Emerson and the Town Where Their Thoughts Took Root
“The Transcendentalists and Their World,” by Robert A. Gross, focuses on Concord, Mass.
They Wanted to Write the History of Modern China. But How?
In the historian Jing Tsu’s “Kingdom of Characters,” the evolution of Chinese writing tells the story of the country’s past, present — and future.
How the English Language Conquered the World
Rosemary Salomone’s “The Rise of English” looks at the economic, social and cultural impact of English around the world.
A Recovery Journey That Isn’t
David Sanchez’ debut novel, “All Day Is a Long Time,” paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of life with addiction.
Is Civil War Coming to America?
Two books, “How Civil Wars Start,” by Barbara F. Walter, and “The Next Civil War,” by Stephen Marche, examine if the United States is facing upheaval.
Did John F. Kennedy and the Democrats Steal the 1960 Election?
“Campaign of the Century,” a new book by Irwin F. Gellman, revives an old contention that Richard Nixon actually won the presidency in 1960.
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