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Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 5:00am

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

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 5:00am

A selection of books published this week.

Biography and Memoir: September 2021

LibraryAware - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 4:00am

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.

Delivered: 9/15/2021 12:00:00 AM

New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: September 19, 2021

LibraryAware - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 1:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 9/14/2021 9:00:00 PM

New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: September 19, 2021

LibraryAware - Wed, 09/15/2021 - 12:00am

An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.

Delivered: 9/14/2021 8:00:00 PM

‘Fuzz,’ by Mary Roach: An Excerpt

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 6:17pm

An excerpt from “Fuzz,” by Mary Roach

What Makes Someone Seek Pain for Pleasure?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 12:03pm

In “Hurts So Good,” Leigh Cowart explores the science and culture of masochism, from the competitive pepper-eater to the ultramarathoner to sex of a certain variety.

'Graceland, At Last' Juxtaposes The Good And The Bad In The American South

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

Writer Margaret Renkl's sense of joyful belonging to the South co-exists with her intense desire for Southerners who face prejudice or poverty finally to be embraced and supported.

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What if the Inca Conquered Europe? A Novel Rewrites History.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

“Civilizations,” by Laurent Binet, imagines a counterhistory of the Spanish conquests.

After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

“Palmares” — her first novel since 1999’s “Mosquito” — is an emancipation story set in 17th-century Brazil.

This Kenyan Activist Said No to ‘the Cut’

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

In her memoir, “The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree,” Nice Leng’ete tells the story of her courageous fight against female genital mutilation.

Is Stranger Hatred Hard-Wired Into Humans?

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

“Of Fear and Strangers,” by George Makari, examines the history of xenophobia, its evolution in modern times and how we might combat it.

Gabrielle Union Has Some Personal Updates

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

In her second memoir, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” the actor bares her struggles with fertility, rape, aging and grief.

Colson Whitehead’s Warmhearted Novel of a 1960s Crime Caper in Harlem

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

“Harlem Shuffle” luxuriates in the seedy spaces of late night, “when the straight world slept and the bent got to work.”

A Novel of Young Love, New York City and Coffee

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

In Vince Passaro’s new novel, “Crazy Sorrow,” two college students meet in 1976. Their story spans decades.

T.C. Boyle’s New Novel Looks Into the Mind of a Chimpanzee

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

“Talk to Me” tracks the complex relationships among a professor, his undergraduate assistant and a chimp who knows sign language.

George Washington Slept Here? Then So Will Nathaniel Philbrick.

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

In “Travels With George,” a book that’s part history and part travelogue, Philbrick retraces Washington’s steps in an effort to understand America’s problems then and now.

When the Criminal Is Furry and Has a Penchant for Garbage

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

In “Fuzz,” Mary Roach explores the tricky terrain where humans and wildlife overlap and often collide.

The False and Dangerous Promise of Humane Wars

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:00am

Samuel Moyn’s “Humane” explores America’s enthusiasm for making wars more humane even if it assures us of future wars.

A Black Woman in Finance Regains Her Agency

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 09/13/2021 - 10:29am

In Natasha Brown’s slim debut novel, “Assembly,” the social critique matters more than the plot.

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