11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A ‘Quiet Zone’ Without Wi-Fi or Cellphones Should Be an Idyll. But Is It?
In his new book, Stephen Kurczy ventures to a town in West Virginia that is ostensibly off the electronic grid and he finds a more complicated reality.
Having A Conversation With Loss And Grief In 'Waiting For The Waters To Rise'
Maryse Condé's new novel follws a lonely man, an obstetrician who adopts an orphaned baby girl and tries to find her family — it's an examination of loss and grief on a personal and national level.
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Farmer Offers Stark Time-Lapse Portrait Of His Family's Land Over A Lifetime
James Rebanks' new book Pastoral Song urgently conveys how the drive for cheap, mass-produced food has impoverished both small farmers and the soil, threatening humanity's future.
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A Memoir of Pretending to See
In “Blind Man’s Bluff,” James Tate Hill opens up about the measures he took to avoid admitting that he had lost his eyesight.
If You Name Your Book ‘Not a Happy Family,’ People Will Buy It
Shari Lapena’s latest thriller is on the hardcover fiction list, kids are in Halloween mode and other news from the world of best-sellerdom.
Oprah Picked It, So Did Obama — Why This Novel Is THE Summer Book
Nathan Harris's debut, set in a small Southern town just after Appomattox, has captured American readersthis summer by asking a question we haven't yet answered: How do you make peace after civil war?
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Newly Published, From Octogenarian Marathoners to a Haunted Southern Plantation Wedding
A selection of recently published books.
The Two Economists Who Fought Over How Free the Free Market Should Be
Nicholas Wapshott’s “Samuelson Friedman” looks at a feud that continues to define the economic direction of the United States.
Philosophical, Queer, Angry, Romantic, Defiant: 'Afterparties' Contains Multitudes
Anthony Veasna So died in December, but he lives on in the pages of this debut story collection — a vibrant, funny and unsparing look at the lives of Cambodian Americans in his California hometown.
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Osama bin Laden, the Fanatical Terrorist and the Devoted Family Man
With fresh material from bin Laden’s hide-out, Peter Bergen, in “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden,” gives us a three-dimensional portrait.
The Pressures and Privileges of Being a Parent in 2021
Three new books delve into the choices faced by modern families.
The Body Keeps Score. So Does This Memoir.
In “Ladyparts,” Deborah Copaken tells the story of her life through the lens of ailments, loss and struggle.
Stephen King Pays His Dues in a ‘One Last Job’ Novel
In “Billy Summers,” a hired killer and aspiring writer is lured from the brink of retirement with a lucrative assignment.
A Political Prisoner Restores His Mind by Talking to a Frog
In “The President and the Frog,” by Carolina De Robertis, a thinly veiled version of a former Uruguayan leader reflects on a dark period in history.
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In “Leave Society,” Lin’s new novel, a writer abandons speed, despair and his belief in Western medicine. But he still wants a fix, to fix himself.
From Towering Redwoods to Tiny Creatures, This Novel Has It All
Ash Davidson’s debut, ‘Damnation Spring,’ gets at a logging community’s deep roots.
A Story Collection Steeped in Colombia’s Troubled History
“Songs for the Flames,” by Juan Gabriel Vasquez, is a book about the power of secrets, held by characters touched by war and trauma.
For Asian Women Raised in Sweatshop Conditions, Queens Posed Obstacles to Assimilation
Two memoirs, Anna Qu’s “Made in China” and Ly Tran’s “House of Sticks,” recount memories of abuse and family loyalty.
A Key Player in Trump’s First Impeachment Tells His Insider’s Story
Alexander Vindman’s memoir, “Here, Right Matters,” is not only a backstage account of the first impeachment proceeding but also a plea to Americans to do the right thing.
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