The Very Sweet Way Sarah Broom’s Mother Showed Her Love With Books
“My mother used to buy me any and every book with the word ‘Sarah’ in the title.”
A Day-by-Day Re-creation of Truman’s Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons
Chris Wallace’s “Countdown 1945” recounts in gripping detail the rush to develop the atomic bomb and the debate over whether to use it.
Elin Hilderbrand Will See You Now, From a Safe Distance
Coronavirus can’t keep this prolific author from her fans.
A Zombie Novel for Our Virus-Stricken Times
Paul Tremblay’s “Survivor Song” follows a pregnant woman navigating an anarchic Massachusetts in the midst of an epidemic.
7 Takeaways From Mary Trump’s Book About Her Uncle Donald
Growing up Trump wasn’t easy. There were feuds, grudges and spanking with a wooden spoon. Now, there’s the burden of the name.
In Charlie Kaufman’s Novel, a Comic Hero Is Haunted by a Lost Film
“Antkind,” Kaufman’s hallucinogenic debut novel, features the madcap effort to reconstruct a masterpiece of outsider cinema.
If Surprise Makes A Great Novel, 'Antkind' Is A Great Novel
Charlie Kaufman's doorstopper new novel could only have been written by Charlie Kaufman — which may seem vague, but we promise it fits the unapologetic, overstuffed Antkind perfectly.
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'Want' Captures The Precariousness Of America's Middle Class
The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong's novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.
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New & Noteworthy, From Craigslist Confessions to Toxic Outrage
A selection of recent books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
‘Notes on a Silencing,’ by Lacy Crawford: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Notes on a Silencing,” by Lacy Crawford
‘Burning Down the House,’ by Julian E. Zelizer: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Burning Down the House,” by Julian E. Zelizer
‘Want,’ by Lynn Steger Strong: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Want,” by Lynn Steger Strong
“The Beauty in Breaking,” by Michele Harper: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Beauty in Breaking,” by Michele Harper
A Survivor of Sexual Assault Speaks Out
Lacy Crawford told her story when she was a student at St. Paul’s School. Few people listened. Now she’s telling it again.
Cavorting in Hot Springs, Ark., During Its Sin-Soaked Heyday
“The Vapors,” by David Hill, brings the mobsters, gamblers, drinkers and crooked politicians to life in an exuberant history of a now-forgotten capital of sleaze.
A Lakeside Family Vacation Goes Awry in This Debut Novel
David James Poissant’s “Lake Life” tests the limits of a family’s capacity for love and forgiveness.
After a Copycat Murder, Reopening an Old Case and Old Wounds
Take bored boys. Add lucid dreaming. Shake vigorously. Welcome to Alex North’s dark thriller, “The Shadows.”
A Novel of Sexual Obsession Has Something to Say About How We Tell Stories
“22 Minutes of Unconditional Love,” by Daphne Merkin, muses on the process of making up stories while recounting a young woman’s torrid affair with an older man.
What Happens When Your Baby Isn’t Who You Expected?
In “Raising a Rare Girl,” Heather Lanier writes about a daughter who has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
In ‘Want,’ a Lost Friendship and the Anxieties of the Modern Family
Lynn Steger Strong’s new novel follows a Brooklyn wife and mother through professional failure, bankruptcy and the legacy of her past traumas.
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