11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Larry Kramer Wishes More People Wrote About Gay History
“Most historians taken seriously are always straight. They wouldn’t know a gay person if they took him to lunch.”
'Kingdomtide' And 'Dear Edward': 2 New Novels Take On A Singular Situation
If the chances of dying in a plane crash are slim, being the sole survivor is even less likely — but that's the premise for two new novels, Ann Napolitano's Dear Edward and Rye Curtis's Kingdomtide.
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The Obama Bounce Has Real Impact — and It Has Nothing to Do With Basketball
Here’s what happened when an author’s debut landed on the former president’s list of favorite books.
Latest Retelling Of Trump's Term Smacks Of A Prosecutor's Courtroom Summation
A Very Stable Genius gives pause to ponder: Is this moment simply about Trump — or are we also witnessing a sea change in journalism? Are we seeing new standards for the presentation of a presidency?
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For January, 3 Enemies-To-Lovers Romances (Our Favorite!)
This month, we're celebrating an old favorite trope: Enemies who fall for each other. Sparks and witty banter fly in these three novels, starring rival TV hosts, youth pastors and fashion executives.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Love By The Letters In 'How To Speak Boy'
Fans of You've Got Mail will find a lot to love in Tiana Smith's tale of a high-achieving high-schooler who gets distracted by a correspondence with another student whose identity is a mystery.
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To Stand Still Is To Die: A New Novel Follows Migrants To 'American Dirt'
Jeanine Cummins' new novel opens in Mexico, where a drug cartel has massacred 16 members of a family. A tense on-the-road ordeal follows, as a desperate mother struggles to save herself and her son.
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The Heart-Stopping, Nerve-Shredding Race to Be America’s Deadliest Combat Pilot
“Race of Aces,” John Bruning’s action-fueled World War II narrative, follows the elite fighter pilots who competed to shoot down the most enemy planes.
Getting 21st-Century Kids to Read More Books
What could possibly make this generation of image-bombarded, constantly visually stimulated kids choose books more often? One answer lies in graphic novels.
The Union of the Kushners and the Trumps Seems Like Kismet
A new book considers the merging of real estate dynasties and its lasting impact on American democracy.
'Tightrope' Implores America To Make Changes To Save Itself
A new book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is an agonizing account of how apathy and cruelty have turned America into a nightmare for many less fortunate citizens. But it is not without hope.
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‘Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick,’ by Zora Neale Hurston: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick,” by Zora Neale Hurston
‘American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power,’ by Andrea Bernstein: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power,” by Andrea Bernstein
Remembering a Lover Who Never Revealed Her True Nature
The narrator of Jonathan Buckley’s novel “The Great Concert of the Night” uses a journal to keep alive memories of the enigmatic actress he loved.
An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters
In “The Secret Guests,” Benjamin Black imagines what might have happened had the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret been sent abroad during the Blitz.
Soon a Robot Will Be Writing This Headline
In “A World Without Work,” the economist Daniel Susskind argues that, unlike during past technological shifts, machines really are becoming smart enough to take over our jobs.
Reckoning With the Wounds Still Left by the Spanish Civil War
In his “nonfiction” novel “Lord of All the Dead,” Javier Cercas unearths the conflicted story of a relative who died serving in Franco’s army.
Down and Out and Ripe for an Economist to Study
For his new book, “Extreme Economies,” Richard Davies visited nine struggling places — from a Louisiana prison to the Panamanian rain forest — to glean economic lessons for all of us.
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