Anthony Veasna So Made the Debut He’d Always Wanted
“Afterparties,” the much-anticipated story collection by the late writer, was a best seller in its first week on sale.
Laura Lippman's 'Dream Girl' Is The Latest Thriller To Center On Stolen Stories
Many of this year's mystery and suspense novels explore literary appropriation — characters in positions of privilege laying their sticky mitts on stories that don't belong to them.
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We Asked, You Answered: Your 50 Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Of The Past Decade
Earlier in the summer, we asked you to vote for your favorite science fiction and fantasy reads of the past decade — so here are 50 fabulous reads, curated by our expert judges and you, the readers.
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Newly Published
A selection of books published this week.
Books That Cover Two Human Constants: Time and Motion
A review of Tom Standage’s “A Brief History of Motion” and David Rooney’s “About Time” delves into our concern with moving faster and checking our clocks.
Billie Jean King: The First Female Athlete-Activist
In her new memoir, “All In,” King is as concerned with political and social issues as she is with tennis.
A Memoir’s Painful Question: Where Are You From?
“Names for Light,” by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, is a memoir recounted through the stories of family members.
The Sun Down Motel
Uncovered review by Filomena Scotto DiVetta, ACLS Galloway Branch
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James is a book that once you pick it up you will not want to put it down! This book was recommended by my coworker Christine, and I am so happy that she told me to read it. It is a good read from start to finish!
This book is a
murder mystery with ghosts in it! It takes place between two different decades.
Each chapter switches between Viv
and Carly. Viv is a young woman who moves to Fell, New York, in
1982. She starts to work night shifts at a motel. During her time there, weird
things happen, and she is drawn to murders that have taken place in Fell.
Carly, who is Viv’s niece, moves to Fell in 2017. Just like her aunt, she
starts to work at the same motel. The reason she is there is to find out what
happened to her aunt Viv, who vanished from the motel in 1982.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat with its twist and turns. I could not stop reading it and did not want it to end! The author did such an amazing job writing the storyline and the characters. This is a book I will be recommending to everyone!
'Against White Feminism' Is An Urgent Call To Action For Solidarity And Justice
Although personal anecdotes are included throughout, Rafia Zakaria's aim is not to explore her own pain but to retrace the history of how white feminism has caused unending trauma through centuries.
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The Authors of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic’ Are Back With a New (Angry) Book
In their new work, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, the feminist scholars who wrote the 1979 classic, examine literary manifestations of feminist anger from the second half of the 20th century to today.
Vinod Busjeet’s Debut Sets an Origin Story on the Island of Mauritius
In “Silent Wind, Dry Seas,” a man of Indian descent leaves his country behind to chase an American ideal of success.
The Morally Troubling ‘Dirty Work’ We Pay Others to Do in Our Place
A new book by Eyal Press examines ethically fraught jobs on which our society depends and which we implicitly condone even as we pay other people to do them.
He Spent 14 Years at Guantánamo. This Is His Story.
“Don’t Forget Us Here,” by Mansoor Adayfi with Antonio Aiello, is the memoir of a Yemeni man who claims he was kidnapped in Afghanistan, sold to the C.I.A. and sent to the detention camp in a case of mistaken identity.
The Victorian Poet Who Sought to Capture Everyday Life in Her Verse
“Two-Way Mirror,” by Fiona Sampson, is the first biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in many years. It aims to restore the now overlooked poet’s reputation as a major innovator.
Three Short Story Collections That Use Humor to Overcome Hardship
New story collections from Chris Stuck, Simon Rich and Jaime Cortez.
How America Lost Its Way in Afghanistan
Two new books, “The American War in Afghanistan,” by Carter Malkasian, and “The Afghanistan Papers,” by Craig Whitlock, trace Washington’s long history of mistakes and miscalculations.
Covert Actions: How Espionage Has Helped Win Wars
Four new books examine some of the darker corners of World War II and the Cold War.
Sci-Fi Has Changed A Lot In The Past Decade — These 7 Reads Will Show You How
This year's Summer Poll is all about the past decade in science fiction and fantasy, so we asked critic Jason Sheehan to come up with his own list of the new sci-fi that's blowing his mind.
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Move Over, Steinbeck: Watsonville, California, Has A New Literary Star
Jaime Cortez's debut collection, Gordo, is set in and around the same dusty California town that inspired John Steinbeck. It's a lovely portrait of a time and place that still manages to be universal.
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By Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Stories of a New Orleans That’s All but Lost
In “The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You,” the city’s Black residents try to hold onto what the hurricanes and gentrifiers haven’t taken yet.
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