Nonfiction: A Manifesto for Opting Out of an Internet-Dominated World
Jenny Odell is an artist who wants us to learn to detach from social media. In “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” she shows us a way.
In 'I Was Their American Dream,' It's Culture, Not Color That Matters
Even as NPR editor Malaka Gharib makes light of herself in her high-spirited graphical memoir, her wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.
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Ali Smith's 'Spring' Unfolds Like A Fern
The latest volume in Smith's seasonal quartet revisits some of her familiar themes — the bleakness of contemporary politics, loss, fractured families, nature and art — yet still feels spring-fresh.
(Image credit: Beth Novey)
Nonfiction: Oliver Sacks’s Final, Posthumous Work
“Everything in Its Place” features essays that are actually all over the place.
Poetry: In ‘The Octopus Museum,’ Brenda Shaughnessy Sees a Cephalopod Future
Haunted by climate change, the poet’s postapocalyptic fifth collection envisions a world where humans have ruined things for everyone.
The Checkup: In Classic Children’s Books, a Window to Childhood in Past Centuries
Rare children’s books, made available online through the Library of Congress, show both the constants and the evolution in children’s literature.
Essay: Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs?
There are more than 70,000 dog books on Amazon, in every conceivable genre. What do they say about our relationship with canines?
Whatever Your Feelings On Football, 'Fumbled' Scores Big
Alexa Martin is married to a former NFL player, and she puts that experience to good use in her latest football romance — a witty, sexy story about a determined single mom rediscovering an old love.
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How A 'Mama's Boy' And His Mama Found A Path Beyond Politics
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's new book is a memoir of his relationship with his mother, and how they found a way forward after he came out as gay and left the Mormon church that she loved.
(Image credit: Beth Novey)
In 'Any Other Place,' Struggling With The Feeling That Something's Not Right
Most of the people Michael Croley's debut story collection feel like they don't belong, even in the places they call home — and Croley conjures that unsettled feeling in understated, beautiful prose.
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A Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month
Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.
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This Graphic Novel Brings Gaiman's 'American Gods' To Chilly Life
Artist Scott Hampton has a big job in this second volume of an ambitions, three-book adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods: Depict Gaiman's deadly serious characters without making them quaint.
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'Inspection' Doesn't Quite Live Up To Its Surprising Premise
Josh Malerman's latest imagines two towers full of boys and girls, raised in isolation and ignorance of the opposite sex, but spends too much time creating a world and not enough on its consequences.
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The Book Review Podcast: Connecting the Dots Between Reconstruction and Jim Crow
Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about “Stony the Road” and “Dark Sky Rising,” and David Wallace-Wells discusses “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Audiobooks: Valerie Jarrett, Amber Tamblyn and Alyssa Mastromonaco Tell Personal Stories of Female Empowerment
Three audiobook memoirs, narrated by the authors, recount individual paths to success with universal lessons.
Nonfiction: A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past
Adam Morris’s history tells the story of the many colorful and charismatic religious outlaws who blazed through the American story.
Sketchbook: The Agony of Walter Benjamin
The artist Frédéric Pajak’s hybrid book “Uncertain Manifesto” is haunted by the philosopher’s encounters with fascism, among much else, as these illustrated panels show.
The Shortlist: Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder
In “Doomstead Days,” Brian Teare tracks climate change on his walks. In “Sight Lines,” Arthur Sze balances firing squads and rowboats. In “Brute,” Emily Skaja escapes a violent relationship. In “Hold Sway,” Sally Ball monitors tragedies averted.
Children’s Books: Y.A. Novels That Let Teenage Boys Be Vulnerable
The characters in these novels grew up with strict rules about masculine strength and dominance. But extreme situations force them to let go of all that.
Inside the List: Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Debuts on the List at No. 3
Big crowds at her book-tour events are buoying sales for the Irish writer dubbed the ‘Salinger for the Snapchat generation.’
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