How the Animal World Is Adapting to Climate Change
In “Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid,” Thor Hanson looks at the evolutionary shifts already taking place as ecosystems and weather patterns change.
No One's Telling The Truth In Joshua Ferris's New Novel — Or Are They?
Charlie Barnes, the figure at the center of Ferris's A Calling for Charlie Barnes, is 68 and on his fifth marriage, and after a self-diagnised cancer scare, he wants his son to write his life story.
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When the Times Book Review Panned the Classics
Some of today’s best-loved books — think “Catch-22,” “Tender Is the Night” and even “Anne of Green Gables” — had a rocky reception in our pages.
For Fall, 3 Novels Where Great Translations Make All The Difference
Sometimes, it's not the author you choose, it's the translator. So we've picked three novels where the translation will help you discover new things about the text, even if you can read the original.
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With 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' Anthony Doerr Dazzles And Disturbs
Doerr's follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All The Light We Cannot See follows five young people, each living in dangerous times across the span of eight centuries.
‘Cloud Cuckoo Land,’ by Anthony Doerr: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr's New Novel Spans Centuries, Yet Fits Together Like Clockwork
Cloud Cuckoo Land follows four people in very different times and places, all connected by an imaginary manuscript — also called "Cloud Cuckoo Land" — by a real author, the philosopher Diogenes.
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Author of 'My Monticello' on Writing a Debut Book With Buzz
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, at 50, is not the average age of a debut author. But the public school teacher describes herself as a “literary debutante” with the October publication of “My Monticello.”
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Touch of Evil
“The Morning Star,” his new novel, explores both the uncanny and the mundane.
The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s First Novel Since 1973
“Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth” is at once political satire and murder mystery, and a lament for the spirit of his native Nigeria.
The Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s First Novel Since 1973
“Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People on Earth” is at once political satire and murder mystery, and a lament for the spirit of his native Nigeria.
Humanity Is Stupid, Helpless and Possibly Worth Saving
Two new editions of the Polish writer Stanislaw Lem’s work showcase his singular imagination.
The True Story of Robert E. Lee
Allen C. Guelzo’s “Robert E. Lee” offers a nuanced portrait of the Confederate general who chose his state over the nation.
Kevin Young’s Latest Poems Are at Play Among the Dead
His new collection, “Stones,” is about family, about death and about how families absorb and repurpose loss; the stones here bear names and life spans.
Blind Tiger
UnCovered Review by Connie Blankenbuehler, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
Ms. Brown has again provided the reading public with a pleasurable read!
Blind Tiger takes you back in time to the Prohibition Era with moonshiners, a cowboy, questionable lawmen and civic personalities and, of course, a strong female character to twist the plot together.
Laurel Plummer finds herself relocated to Foley, Texas, and living with a father-in-law who did not know of her existence upon arrival. Together they partner to survive in hard times. A returning war soldier, Thatcher Hutton, in search of his previous cowboy life, comes to town. He immediately encounters Ms. Plummer and becomes the town suspect in a murder. Corrupt lawmen and other local personalities -who are all somehow involved with the flow of moonshine- contribute to a suspenseful, entertaining read.
'Believing' Is A Book Only Anita Hill Could Have Written
Altogether, Believing is an elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors.
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Fall Brings YA Historicals About Thieves And The Rapscallions Who Love Them
Both The City Beautiful and Before We Disappear feature young crooks getting by in big cities at the turn of the 19th century, one haunted by his past and the other trapped by his magic powers.
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A Journey Along the River That Separates Russia From China
As he neared 80, the travel writer Colin Thubron took a trip along the 10th longest river in the world, chronicled in “The Amur River.”
Randall Kennedy on ‘Say It Loud!’
Kennedy discusses his new essay collection, and Mary Roach talks about “Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.”
When a President Wrote for the Book Review
For the 125th anniversary of the Book Review, we revisit the time Teddy Roosevelt gushed on our front cover about a book he loved.
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