A Lifetime at a Church, Filled With Faith and Drama
Cara Wall’s novel, “The Dearly Beloved,” is the story of two ministers and their wives, as their lives intertwine over the decades, in love and religious devotion.
Coming of Age Amid a Limbo of Prejudice and Restriction
A Chinese-American teenager in Gilded Age Atlanta takes on a secret identity as an advice columnist in Stacey Lee’s “The Downstairs Girl.”
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Summer’s notable horror fiction includes a story collection and a novel from Paul Tremblay.
New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Ernest Hemingway to the Baby-Sitters Club
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
From the Country’s New Poet Laureate, Poems Reclaiming Tribal Culture
In “An American Sunrise,” Joy Harjo draws on her Muscogee Creek heritage to celebrate indigenous traditions and to mourn their passing.
'The Yellow House' Connects Place, Memory And Self-Knowledge
Sarah Broom's childhood house is the fulcrum for her memoir about her large and complex family. But perhaps more important, it stands in for the countless ways America has failed African Americans.
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'Kochland' Explores The Money Stream Of The Famous Brother Duo
The Koch brothers' wide-ranging influence is no secret. But rather than focusing on how they spend their money, Christopher Leonard presents a richly reported tale of how they make it.
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A Coming-of-Age as American as Apple Pie
Tupelo Hassman’s novel “Gods With a Little G” pits a young girl’s self-discovery against her evangelical Christian surroundings.
Fighting Harassers and Stalkers on the Web, in Court and in Print
“Nobody’s Victim,” by the lawyer Carrie Goldberg, and “Consent,” by Donna Freitas, recount the authors’ personal experiences with sexual harassment and its lasting trauma.
This Heroine’s Kind of a Female Millennial Thoreau
In Amanda Goldblatt’s debut novel, “Hard Mouth,” an aimless 20-something escapes family tragedy in the wilderness.
Back-to-School Picture Books to Brighten Any Kid’s First Day
Ready or not, Mo Willems’s Pigeon joins a cavalcade of kids, creatures and teachers heading to the classroom for the first time.
In 'The Mosquito,' Humans Face A Predator More Deadly Than The Rest
Timothy C. Winegard has written a well-researched work of narrative nonfiction that tells a history of the world through the role mosquitoes — and mosquito-borne illnesses — have played in it.
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Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels
Obreht burst onto the literary scene in 2011 with “The Tiger’s Wife.” Her new novel, “Inland,” features a resolute heroine and an immigrant outlaw.
Quiet, Surreal Drama — And Disappearing Objects — In 'The Memory Police'
Yoko Ogawa's novel takes place on a small island were objects — flowers, photographs, boats — are disappearing, and the mysterious "memory police" work to make sure they're eternally forgotten.
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One by One, Her Neighbors Are Dying. An Elderly Polish Woman Is on the Case.
Olga Tokarczuk’s “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” is a funny and philosophically complex whodunit.
'Mitz' The Marmoset Was Definitely Not Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
The success of Sigrid Nunez' The Friend sparked the reissue of this early work, also about a beloved pet — but Mitz the marmoset was real, and she belonged to Leonard and Virginia Woolf in the 1930s.
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In 'A Pure Heart,' Family And Religion Both Bond And Break
Rajia Hassib's novel wrestles with heavy themes — survivor's guilt, religion, family and revolution — but it's never didactic. It's an honest, engrossing portrait of two very different sisters.
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We're All Haunted In 'The Turn Of The Key'
Ruth Ware's new novel is a clever update on Henry James' classic of paranoia, but instead of ghosts, Ware's characters are haunted by unknowable, unpredictable smart homes and surveillance technology.
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Humans Are Gone In 'Hollow Kingdom,' So It's Up To The Crows
Kira Jane Buxton's novel imagines a viral apocalypse from the perspective of the animals left behind. Specifically, a crow named S.T., who sets out to save the world with his canine companion.
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Toni Morrison’s Legacy
Parul Sehgal, Dwight Garner and Wesley Morris talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom discusses her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.”
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