New in Paperback: ‘Burning Down the House’ and ‘Love After Love’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Jamia Wilson’s Inclusive Guide Is ‘Not Your Mama’s Feminism’
In “This Book Is Feminist,” for young readers, the former director of the Feminist Press sees a movement without borders — and talks about her hair.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Censorship
In “You Can’t Say That,” Leonard S. Marcus interviews 13 authors whose books for kids have been banned or challenged.
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
'Women Of Brewster Place' Reissue Brims With Inventiveness — And Relevance
Now newly reissued, Gloria Naylor's 1982 novel-in-stories painted a group portrait of seven Black women living on a dingy street in an unnamed city, and the systematic racism they faced.
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How It Went Down: Authors Go Deep Into Doomed 2020 Trump White House
By haranguing all who will listen, in interviews or rally rants, Donald Trump even now is demonstrating his abiding and preternatural confidence in his own persuasiveness.
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New Anthology Gives Everyone A Seat At The Round Table
Sword Stone Table brings together a group of authors from marginalized groups to re-imagine the legends of King Arthur for new eras, places and players, inviting all to sit at the Round Table.
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The Sneaky Subversiveness of Laurie Colwin
The beloved food and fiction writer, who died too young in 1992, wrote about happiness but with more irony and ambiguity than you might think. All 10 of Colwin’s books are being rereleased this year, which makes now the perfect time to revisit them.
Tess Gerritsen Still Prefers to Read Books the Old-Fashioned Way, on Paper
“I’m one of those terrible book owners who bends down the corners of pages to mark my place.”
On the Children’s Series Best-Seller List, the Name of the Game Is Fantasy
Readers of all ages are looking for otherworldly escape — and lots of it.
'A Passage North' Is A Quiet Elegy For Lives Lost To Civil War
In his second novel, Anuk Arudpragasam returns to the subject of Sri Lanka's civil war — this time to examine the ways people live amidst the aftermath of war, and to memorialize the lives lost.
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Book Review: ‘Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,’ by Julie K. Brown
In “Perversion of Justice,” Julie K. Brown expands on her explosive 2018 series for The Miami Herald on the notorious financier to explore how he was able to avoid criminal prosecution for sex crimes for so long.
Loneliness Is A Communal Experience In 'Seek You'
Kristen Radtke's Seek You looks at isolation as a problem — and investigates where it comes from, how it shapes us, and why we should battle against it.
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A Black Writer Found Tolerance in France, and a Different Racism
In William Gardner Smith’s 1963 novel “The Stone Face,” a journalist sees parallels between French bigotry toward Arabs and his treatment at home.
Are You My Mother? In This Novel, the Answer Is Complicated.
“I Couldn’t Love You More” introduces three generations of women grappling with secrets, shame and an inexorable bond.
‘I Couldn’t Love You More,’ by Esther Freud: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “I Couldn’t Love You More,” by Esther Freud
The Bombs May Have Stopped, but War’s Scars Still Run Deep
Anuk Arudpragasam’s “A Passage North” traces a journey across a country reeling from a decades-long conflict.
Solving the Mystery of Her Daughter’s Death, Parkinson’s Be Damned
“Elena Knows,” by the Argentine writer Claudia Piñeiro, follows a woman impaired by illness on a quest across Buenos Aires.
A Novel Charts Earth’s Path From Lush Eden to Barren Hellscape
Ecological disaster ties together the three strands of Matt Bell’s stark yet hopeful “Appleseed.”
Looking for a Funny Novel Set in Washington, D.C.? Start here.
In “Rachel to the Rescue,” Elinor Lipman ushers readers into the Beltway with her signature blend of wit and charm.
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