9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
This Thoughtful, Profound Thriller Centers On Identity And Its Many Layers
Amanda Jayatissa's My Sweet Girl is a twisty psychological thriller — but also a nuanced examination of identity as its Sri Lankan American heroine struggles with a murder that may not have happened.
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They Survived, They Recovered (Mostly) ... What Next?
Three new memoirs traverse the rocky terrain between illness and everyday life.
Rosamund Pike Reads Paula Hawkins; and Other Audiobooks to Make Your Head Spin
A murder mystery on a London houseboat, a 16th-century Pacific voyage, and a deep dive into humans’ relationships with animals.
Optimism Rears Its Sunny Head on the Best-Seller List
Four new titles either allude to the elusive commodity or grab it by the shoulders and pin it onto the page.
Anderson Cooper Wishes His Parents and Truman Capote Could Reconcile Over Dinner
“They stopped speaking to him after he wrote some pretty cruel stuff about my mom in a story published in Esquire in 1975. I wouldn’t want Truman to stay very long though, and he couldn’t have any alcohol. Actually let’s make it Truman circa 1966, not the bloated Truman of 1975.”
Why Does Every Company Now Want to Be a Platform?
In “The Platform Delusion,” Jonathan Knee takes apart the magical aura that surrounds one of Silicon Valley’s biggest conceptual exports.
Atrocities Of 'Conquistadores' Take Shape In New History By Mexican-Born Author
Historian Fernando Cervantes marshals an enormous array of primary and secondary sources to tell the story of the decades that followed Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World.
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Colson Whitehead's Latest Gives Readers A Half-Crook You'll Wholly Love
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
A selection of books published this week.
Biography and Memoir: September 2021
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
Delivered: 9/15/2021 12:00:00 AM
New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: September 19, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 9/14/2021 9:00:00 PM
Delivered: 9/14/2021 9:00:00 PM
New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: September 19, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 9/14/2021 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 9/14/2021 8:00:00 PM
‘Fuzz,’ by Mary Roach: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Fuzz,” by Mary Roach
What Makes Someone Seek Pain for Pleasure?
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
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.
“Civilizations,” by Laurent Binet, imagines a counterhistory of the Spanish conquests.
After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns
“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’
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?
“Of Fear and Strangers,” by George Makari, examines the history of xenophobia, its evolution in modern times and how we might combat it.
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