In Quantum Physics, Everything Is Relative
Carlo Rovelli’s “Helgoland” explores the world of the smallest particles and asks what makes them unique.
Bill Bratton Explains His Ideas of Good Policing
In “The Profession,” Bratton, with his co-author, Peter Knobler, offers an engaging account of his half-century in law enforcement.
Meet the Pandemic’s Newest Doctors, Who Quickly Became Pros
In “Life on the Line,” Emma Goldberg takes readers behind the hospital curtains in New York City at the peak of the pandemic.
Alex DiFrancesco Captures the Fraught Magic of the In-Between
The story collection “Transmutation” follows protagonists across the gender spectrum filling their days with TV, Twitter and revenge.
New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Queer Love to the Soul of a Nation
A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
How Ethel Rosenberg Offered Her Own Life as a Sacrifice
Anne Sebba’s new biography tells the story of a fanatical Communist and loving mother who went to her death proclaiming her innocence.
The Cat Came Back — All the Way From 16th-Century Rome
A time-traveling feline helps solve a Renaissance art mystery in “Da Vinci’s Cat,” by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.
Erin Entrada Kelly Draws (Literally) From Her Life in a New Illustrated Middle Grade Series
A Filipino American girl who’s afraid of falling tackles the tree in her new backyard in “Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey.”
Book Review: ‘Dear Senthuran,’ by Akwaeke Emezi
“Dear Senthuran” is an epistolary memoir of gender identity, diaspora and the solitude of success.
The Year We Battled Covid, Revisited
In “The Plague Year,” Lawrence Wright tells the story of the pandemic that upended all of our lives — both the failures to combat it, and the science that saved us.
These Stories Dance Deftly Between America And Cameroon
In her debut collection Walking On Cowrie Shells, Nana Nkweti bends language like a master, delivering keenly observed details and wicked humor no matter which side of the Atlantic she's on.
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Love Rides The Q Train In This Supernaturally Sweet Romance
In Casey McQuiston's new One Last Stop, cynical August moves to New York, where she meets and falls for Jane, a mysterious punk who seems to have been trapped on the Q train ... since the 1970s.
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This Retelling Of 'Gatsby' Has Demonic Flair To Spare
Nghi Vo recasts the classic book with Jordan Baker at the center, a Gatsby who's literally sold his soul and a speakeasy crowd that's partial to a drop of demon's blood in their illicit cocktails.
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How Did a Gay Scientist of Jewish Descent Thrive Under the Nazis?
In “Ravenous,” Sam Apple tells the story of a researcher who was able to carry out his groundbreaking work on cancer cells even in the middle of World War II.
A Wannabe Influencer Gets Sent To Digital Detox In 'Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous'
Sunny — the protagonist of Suzanne Park's new young adult novel — is mortified when a PG-13 video accidentally goes viral, and even worse, her parents send her to a rural farm to get her off-line.
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An Argentinean Novel Spins Countless Stories From A Bicycle Wheel
César Aira's The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.
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Reimagining the Aftermath of a Bomb
Francis Spufford talks about “Light Perpetual,” and Egill Bjarnason discusses “How Iceland Changed the World.”
Ellen Oh’s New Middle Grade Novel Is Not a Fantasy
In “Finding Junie Kim,” a third-generation Korean-American girl gathers strength from her grandmother’s wartime tales to deal with anti-Asian racism.
An Office Rivalry Turns Strange — And Maybe Dangerous — In 'The Other Black Girl'
Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her own experiences in publishing for her new thriller, about a young Black woman who hopes for a friend and ally when her lily-white office hires another Black woman.
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Jack Ruby's Trial Moves From Side Stage To Center In 'Kennedy's Avenger'
Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell a gripping tale that takes readers into the heart of Ruby's trial, picking up the moment he killed Oswald and then methodically unpacking what followed.
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