A Rich, Engrossing Family Saga, Spiked With Sisterly Malice
Claire Lombardo’s debut, “The Most Fun We Ever Had,” follows a family of four daughters through the decades.
Twenty Years After a Brutal Massacre, It’s Payback Time
Anita Anand’s “The Patient Assassin” documents the life of a peripatetic Indian laborer who waited decades for a chance to kill an official of the Raj.
'I Like To Watch' Is A Passionate, Brilliant Defense Of TV
The collection of 32 mostly previously published essays by New Yorker TV Critic Emily Nussbaum includes a new consideration of the question "What should we do with the art of terrible men?"
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Marriage Is Passionate, Not Perfect, In 'The Most Fun We Ever Had'
Claire Lombardo's sweeping family drama — fueled by power plays between spouses and between sisters — is a wonderfully immersive read that packs more heart and heft than most first novels.
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New & Noteworthy, From R. Kelly to White House Corruption
A selection of recent books of note; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
For an Immigrant Family, Sarajevo Still Casts Its Shadow
In a two-part memoir, “My Parents/This Does Not Belong to You,” Aleksandar Hemon shows how Bosnia and its wartime strife have shaped a life of exile.
For Fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, a Debut Novel of Female Psychosis
Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” sees the life of a bipolar teenager in gut-wrenching fragments.
A Presidential Candidate Assesses the Nation’s Political Ills
Michael Bennet’s “The Land of Flickering Lights” is a call to end the partisan stalemate in Washington.
Simple, Sassy 'Summer Of '69' Is The Perfect Beach Read
Elin Hilderbrand — known as the "Queen of Summer" — is back with another beachy tale of family secrets and intrigue (and tasty period details), set on Nantucket during the turbulent summer of 1969.
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Who Gets to Sit on the Supreme Court?
Carl Hulse’s “Confirmation Bias” recounts the recent battles to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat.
Why We're Reading Beowulf In The Bathtub
NPR's new kids' fiction column — by Juanita Giles, founder of the Virginia Children's Book Festival — kicks off with an explanation of why the epic poem Beowulf is the perfect bathtime read.
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Jill Lepore on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Lepore discusses several new books about the Apollo 11 mission, and Julie Satow talks about the history of the Plaza Hotel.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent reviews in the Sunday Book Review about domestic violence, the state of conservatism in America and more.
Andrew Weissmann, a Top Mueller Prosecutor, Has a Book Deal
Mr. Weissmann appears to be the first prosecutor on the special counsel’s team to agree to write a book, though it is not clear how much he will reveal.
A Noir Stalwart Builds A New Old World In 'The Grand Dark'
Richard Kadrey — known for his Sandman Slim series of supernatural noirs — reinvents himself in grand fashion with The Grand Dark, a diesel-punk fantasy set in a simulacrum of Weimar Germany.
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A Literal Rendering of Poems That Read Like Puzzles
The illustrator Tamara Shopsin offers her take on lines from the poetry of David Berman.
Great New Picture Books That Teach, Without Preaching
Sometimes kids need stories about the stuff they know already: how — and why — to hold hands. How — and why — to read books. How to be a good friend.
How to Be Good
Can moral philosophy teach us the best way to live?
Saving Girls From Sexual Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown
“The White Devil’s Daughters,” by Julia Flynn Siler, recounts the story of the crusading women (and a few men) who helped rescue thousands of young Chinese slaves between the 1870s and the 1930s.
Debut Novels Transport Readers From Paris to Singapore
A quartet of first fiction offers a range of experiences: urban rambles, immigrant strife, wartime drama and the unraveling of a mysterious crime.
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