10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Cicadas, Average Human Lifespan and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
The Maps Our Brains Create
In “Brainscapes,” Rebecca Schwarzlose lays out the ways our brains let us take in information through a process of intricate “mapping.”
Fierce Girls And Giant Robots Battle An Empire In This YA Adventure
In Zoe Hana Mikuta's new Gearbreakers, a talented pilot and a daring rebel have the same goal — take down a giant, evil empire. But first, they have to learn to trust each other — and maybe more.
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Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books
“I feel such connection to the human who made it, which delights and moves me. If you can write a joke that is still funny in 100 years, you are great.”
Books Are Forever. Best Sellers Are Fleeting.
Here’s a look at novels selling like gangbusters in the second week of July, all the way back to 1971.
'The Netanyahus' Turns The Campus Novel Into A Sly Fable About History And Identity
Joshua Cohen offers a fictionalized version of a real-life campus visit by the father of the former Israeli prime minister. The novel offers a funny take on serious things.
These Short Stories Don't Have Much Plot — And That's Their Beauty
In her debut story collection, New Yorker editor Clare Sestanovich takes anodyne everyday moments and layers them with meaning and observation for a series of snapshots that reveal a whole world
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The Struggles of Those Who Regain Sight and Hearing
In “Coming to Our Senses,” Susan R. Barry looks at people who stopped being blind or deaf and then had to adjust to the world.
New & Noteworthy, From Trump’s America to a Swedish Thriller
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
‘The Vixen,’ by Francine Prose: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Vixen,” by Francine Prose
July Book-Ahead: What We're Excited To Read Next Month
This month brings a great selection of books, from a reimagining of King Arthur to a study of loneliness that might be just what you need as you start to recover from pandemic-induced isolation.
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Confronting the Threat of QAnon
Mia Bloom and Sophie Moskalenko’s “Pastels and Pedophiles” looks at a dangerous movement that is growing in power.
When Adult Daughters Realize Their Mother Is Being Abused
In Hanna Halperin’s debut novel, “Something Wild,” a family contends with its troubled past and brutal present.
A Humbled Millennial Goes Home to New Jersey to Find Herself
In Beck Dorey-Stein’s first novel, “Rock the Boat,” a 34-year-old woman ends up on the Jersey Shore, right where she started.
An Aspiring Editor Meets a Thorny Dilemma
Francine Prose’s new novel, “The Vixen,” ushers readers into the rarefied world of old-world publishing.
Quentin Tarantino Turns His Most Recent Movie Into a Pulpy Page-Turner
The novel “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” tells some of the same story, but also departs from the movie in ways small and large.
A Black Scholar’s Path From Drug Dealing to ‘30 Under 30’
In “Miseducated,” Brandon P. Fleming recounts a childhood of abuse, neglect and crime, and how it led him to Harvard.
For June Jordan and Muriel Rukeyser, the Arc of Moral Verse Bent Toward Justice
In her latest On Poetry column, Elisa Gabbert considers posthumous career retrospectives from two writers known for their politics.
‘I’m Easily Bored by Books,’ Says Writer of 22 Novels
The latest from the aptly named Francine Prose is “The Vixen,” a surprisingly funny tale involving Ethel Rosenberg and the C.I.A.
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