How to Beat the Market
Gregory Zuckerman’s “The Man Who Solved the Market” tells the extraordinary story of an investor (not named Warren Buffett) who made a fortune on Wall Street.
'The Great Pretender' Investigates A Landmark Moment In Psychiatric History
In the '70s David Rosenhan and seven "pseudopatients" went undercover in mental health wards. Their resulting article rocked the psychiatric world. But Susannah Cahalan struggled to confirm the facts.
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'Mama Hissa's Mice' Creep Through A Dystopian Future Kuwait
Saud Alsanousi's novel follows a group of Kuwaiti kids growing up in the 1980s — then jumps to a near future torn by sectarian violence. It's a resonant book that asks more questions than it answers.
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What Happens To Your Used Stuff? 'Secondhand' Tells Of A Billion-Dollar Industry
As "traditional bonds disintegrate in the face of industrialization, urbanization, and secularization, brands and objects become a means to curate and project who we are," writes reporter Adam Minter.
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New & Noteworthy, From Philosophy to New York Architecture
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Patient Care Is Wrenching: A Psychiatrist, a Nurse and a Doctor Bare All
Three new books by medical professionals delve into the human emotions involved in tending to the gravely ill.
In 'Some Of Us Are Very Hungry Now,' Revelations Morph Into Mirrors
Andre Perry's debut essay collection reads like a slightly fragmented memoir focused on the search for identity, the desire to write, and his constant sense of unease as a black man in Iowa City.
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‘Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me: A Memoir,’ by Deirdre Bair: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Me: A Memoir,” by Deirdre Bair
‘Busted in New York: And Other Essays’ by Darryl Pinckney: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Busted in New York: And Other Essays,” by Darryl Pinckney
‘Essays One’ by Lydia Davis: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Essays One,” by Lydia Davis
Garry Shandling’s Riotous Scrapbook
“It’s Garry Shandling’s Book,” edited by Judd Apatow, brims with photos, diary excerpts, reminiscences, newspaper clippings, script pages and more.
Who’s in the Kitchen: A Quartet of Culinary Narratives
Memoirs by a globe-trotting chef and a New York restaurant critic, a chorus of female food writers — and a history book to put them all in context.
The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More.
A new crop of adaptations proves that comic book artists can be complex and effective in tackling other writers’ work.
For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character
“Essays One” collects occasional pieces by the author and translator known for her wry wit and exacting syntax.
Seeing Margaret Thatcher Whole
“Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography — Herself Alone,” the third volume of Charles Moore’s massive biography, takes the story from her final years in power to her death in 2013.
Testimonies From the Day the Towers Came Down
The audiobook of Garrett M. Graff’s “The Only Plane in the Sky” offers vivid memories of people who were present at the 9/11 tragedy.
Darryl Pinckney on Race, Class and Being ‘Busted in New York’
In his new collection of essays, the author reflects on growing up black and privileged, and the legacy of his parents’ civil rights activism.
Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling
Jack Miles, in “Religion as We Know It,” and Melvin Konner, in “Believers,” both turn to history to understand the nature of belief.
What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts?
Karen Armstrong’s new book argues that Scripture is meant to be interpreted by the spirit of the words, not by the letter of the law.
Meryl Streep Wants to Tell You a Bedtime Story
Contemporary actors revivify E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” and an unpublished work by Dr. Seuss.
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