11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
For August, 3 Love Interests Who'll Fight By Your Side
This month, our romance columnist Maya Rodale rounds up three historical novels featuring heroines on a mission — and love interests who'll stand up for them, no matter what troubles come.
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He Wants to Save the Present With the Indigenous Past
Bruce Pascoe’s book “Dark Emu” sparked a reconsideration of Australian history. Now he hopes to use his writing to revive Aboriginal community.
How Yaa Gyasi Found Religion (in Literature)
“There isn’t much literary fiction that deals with evangelicalism. ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain,’ by James Baldwin, was the first book I read that spoke to that part of my life and it moved me so deeply to see faith rendered on the page with such care and brilliance.”
LeBron Wrote a Children’s Book and It’s Selling Really Well
In “I Promise,” LeBron James and the illustrator Nina Mata give hope to kids when they need it most.
'Black Bottom Saints' Is A Gorgeous Swirl Of Fiction, History And Detroit Motor Oil
Alice Randall's innovative new novel chronicles the history of Black Detroit beyond Motown, and features a cast of real life artists, doctors, sports figures, activists and movers and shakers.
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'Veritas' Asks How A Respected Scholar Could Be Duped By A Bumbling Fraudster
Author Ariel Sabar explores the lives of Harvard's Karen King and of Walter Fritz, the porn producer who convinced her the papyrus fragment he gave her — "The Gospel of Jesus's Wife" — was genuine.
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Laura Lippman Isn’t as Terrible as She Makes Herself Sound
The veteran crime novelist gets personal in her first essay collection, “My Life as a Villainess.”
‘Sisters in Hate’ Offers a Window Into Women in the White Nationalist Movement
The new book, by the journalist Seyward Darby, follows three American women who have little in common but racial hatred.
In Hanawalt's 'I Want You,' Youthful Yearnings And Anthropomorphic Anxieties
Before working in TV animation (Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie), Lisa Hanawalt chronicled her obsessions in a funny, filthy minicomic series that's been reprinted — with a wry update.
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‘Reaganland,’ by Rick Perlstein: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Reaganland,” by Rick Perlstein
'I Promise' This Is A Message Book Your Kids Will Love
Kids' books columnist Juanita Giles says message books are often nutritious and boring — but LeBron James's new I Promise combines beautiful art with real emotional impact that her kids loved.
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‘The Glass Kingdom,’ by Lawrence Osborne: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Glass Kingdom,” by Lawrence Osborne
On the Lam in Bangkok, With a Suitcase Full of Cash
Lawrence Osborne’s “The Glass Kingdom” follows an American woman who is hiding out in Thailand as civil unrest grows around her.
Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
In “White Too Long,” Robert P. Jones argues that, in America, white Christianity has been a decisive force in propping up white supremacy.
In Two Memoirs, the Scars of Childhood Trauma Run Deep
Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s “The Erratics” and Gretchen Cherington’s “Poetic License” reveal childhoods marred by narcissistic, abusive parents.
When a Black Man’s Heart Was Transplanted Without Consent
In “The Organ Thieves,” Chip Jones tells the story of a heart transplant in 1968 that raised troubling questions about medical ethics and brutal realities of segregation.
When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World
“God’s Shadow,” by Alan Mikhail, argues that world history was shaped by the West’s fears of Turkish domination.
America Has Mistreated Its Coal Miners. Here’s Their Fight for Justice.
In “Soul Full of Coal Dust,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hamby tells the story of black lung and the mining companies who refused to take responsibility for its harm.
Confessions of an Internet Addict
Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel, “Grown Ups,” will force you to rethink your own unhealthy obsession with social media.
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