Fiction: In Bryan Washington’s ‘Lot,’ Stories Reveal Houston’s Hidden Borders
In this debut collection, daily lives in the barrio bespeak a universal American condition.
Audiobooks: Hear Andrew McCabe’s Story in His Own Words, and in His Own Voice
The former F.B.I. deputy director recounts his short-lived tenure as a key player in the Trump administration.
'Nothing's Bad Luck' Zeroes In On The Life And Lasting Work Of Warren Zevon
C.M. Kushin has delivered a nuanced, in-depth, loving look at the complicated singer/songwriter, one that helps cement him as one of the most complex and captivating music figures of our times.
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Audiobooks: Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’
The actor brings a new, restrained lilt to James Joyce’s 1916 classic.
Audiobooks: Rainn Wilson Narrates a New Audiobook of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’
The actor, best known for his role on “The Office,” revives Norton Juster’s 1960 classic children’s story.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Set on the Brooding, Remote Kamchatka Peninsula
Julia Phillips’s “Disappearing Earth” explores the lives of interconnected women in far eastern Russia after a horrific crime.
In 'A Good American Family,' A Son Details How The Red Scare Upended His Father
Pulitzer prize-winning David Marannis immerses himself in family records and interviews with relatives of others to piece together how his parents paid for supporting communism in their youth.
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Nonfiction: How Was Polynesia Populated? Two New Books Explore the Pacific’s Mysteries
Christina Thompson’s “Sea People” tells the story of the people of Polynesia and their “discovery,” while Peter Moore’s “Endeavour” looks at the ship that made that encounter possible.
Nonfiction: Justice John Paul Stevens Looks Back on His Long Career
Stevens’s “The Making of a Justice” is both a personal memoir and a meditation on the law.
Nonfiction: In Defense of Liberalism
Adam Gopnik’s “A Thousand Small Sanities” is an argument against the illiberal left, even though Gopnik accepts some of its premises.
Fiction: An Astronaut, an Antiwar Radical and a Novelist’s Epic Vision of America
Vietnam, Watergate and the first moonwalk mark the characters in “America Was Hard to Find,” a sweeping debut novel by Kathleen Alcott.
Newsbook: Read 3 Books About Doris Day and Her Legacy
Her autobiography, a biography and a cultural critic’s take give insight into the star’s long career.
Nonfiction: A New Book Argues That Generic Drugs Are Poisoning Us
In her stunning exposé “Bottle of Lies,” Katherine Eban describes a world of generic drug manufacturing rife with corruption and life-threatening misdeeds.
Nonfiction: David McCullough’s Idealistic Settlers
McCullough’s “The Pioneers” tells of the good intentions behind the creation of Ohio.
Fiction: A Heroine Checks In to the Psychiatric Ward, and Takes Notes
The depressed protagonist of Binnie Kirshenbaum’s novel “Rabbits for Food” has trouble connecting with others, but she is alert to the sanity of the insane.
An Ethereal Child Causes Earthly Problems In 'Lanny'
Max Porter's propulsive, original new novel is set in a small, seemingly idyllic English village that quickly turns darker when the whimsical young son of a newly-arrived couple goes missing.
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Nonfiction: Grieving the Death of a Child in ‘Once More We Saw Stars’
Jayson Greene’s book is an emotional and loving tribute to his toddler daughter, Greta, killed by a falling brick in New York City in 2015.
'Bottle Of Lies' Exposes The Dark Side Of The Generic Drug Boom
A new book investigates the history of unsafe and deceptive practices by some generic drug manufacturers, and explains why U.S. regulators struggle to keep up with a global industry.
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Hansel, Gretel And Halley's Comet Link The Tales In 'Alternate Endings'
The storylines in Lindsey Drager's new novel take place across a millennium, from a version of Hansel and Gretel wandering the woods in 1378 to a girl fetching water on the dying earth of 2136.
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Plutocracy, Not Theocracy Compels The Handmaids Of 'The Farm'
Joanne Ramos builds her own experience into this story of a young Filipino woman who ends up on a seemingly cushy "gestational retreat" where women — called "hosts" — carry babies for rich families.
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