What Were People Reading in the Summer of ’69?
Fifty years ago, novels by Jacqueline Susann, Mario Puzo and Philip Roth topped the best-seller list.
New in Paperback: ‘Give Me Your Hand,’ ‘The Seas’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Looking Back at a Hospital Devastated by Hurricane Katrina
In 2013, Sherwin B. Nuland wrote for the Book Review about Sheri Fink’s “Five Days at Memorial,” which depicted the crisis at a New Orleans hospital devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Téa Obreht Follows Up an Acclaimed Debut With a Visit to the Old West
“Inland,” set in the rowdy lands of the Arizona Territory during the 1890s, weaves together the story of a frontierswoman with that of a wanted murderer and his camel.
Remembering Raymond Chandler and Defending Ruth Rendell
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
'The Ghosts Of Eden Park' Seems Fittingly Haunted By Prohibition
Karen Abbott's page-turner teases with its central mystery, reaching its climactic final trial with a satisfying bang — though more on the politics of the time would have been a welcome layer.
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12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Can You Make a Page-Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis?
In “Crisis in the Red Zone,” Richard Preston recounts how Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014 and what it meant for those desperate to treat the infected.
'When I Was White' Centers On The Formation Of Race, Identity And Self
As the U.S. becomes more brown and black — resulting in a xenophobic backlash and nostalgia by some for white European immigrants — the ideas in Sarah Valentine's memoir become even more necessary.
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In Praise of Samuel R. Delany
The author of “Dhalgren” and dozens of other books “gives readers fiction that reflects and explores the social truths of our world,” the novelist Jordy Rosenberg writes.
A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War
“Beirut Hellfire Society,” by Rawi Hage, features a 20-year-old undertaker and a secret association of hedonists. There are also talking dogs.
Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’
The Nobel laureate spoke at Harvard Divinity School on the subject of altruism in 2012. Her lecture is published here for the first time.
'White Flights' Examines The Legacy Of Whiteness On Fiction And Culture
Jess Row's collection is an ambitious attempt to investigate what is latent in the silences of 20th century white writers on race. It is both astute and painfully self-regarding.
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'In The Country Of Women' Honors The Strength And Resilience Of Six Generations
While Susan Straight reflects on far more than her own upbringing in her memoir, she brings her trademark lyricism and a significant dose of humility to these pieces of the book.
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4 Books for a Better Understanding of the Border
Oscar Cásares, whose novel “Where We Come From” is set in an American town bordering Mexico, shares his recommendations.
The Essential Toni Morrison Reader
The Nobel laureate, who has died at 88, left a rich, powerful literary legacy. These are some of her best — and most essential — books.
12 of Toni Morrison’s Most Memorable Quotes
The author’s thoughts on writing, freedom, identity and more.
‘Beloved,’ ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘Sula’: The Essential Toni Morrison Reader
The Nobel laureate, who has died at 88, left a rich, powerful literary legacy. These are some of her best — and most essential — books.
'Trick Mirror' Finds Hope That Little Truths Will Emerge Amid Absurdities
There's an undeniable catharsis in seeing such a great writer, The New Yorker's Jia Tolentino, lucidly communicate the conditions of our most ludicrous forms of misery in her essay collection.
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Toni Morrison, ‘Beloved’ Author and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 88
Ms. Morrison, who wrote “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon,” was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel in Literature.
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