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Fiction: What Constitutes a Foreigner? Two Story Collections Explore

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:45pm

Anita Felicelli’s “Love Songs for a Lost Continent” paints the outsider’s experience with a surrealist brush, while “Useful Phrases for Immigrants,” by May-Lee Chai, finds magic in the quotidian.

Crime: Puzzles and Paradoxes: Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:40pm

From a meticulous Japanese sleuth to a rough-edged Irish P.I. to a batch of quintessentially British cops, there’s a crime solver here for everyone.

Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:36pm

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:30pm

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Robert B. Irwin on “talking books.”

Inside the List: Why Aren’t People Buying Much Fiction These Days?

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:25pm

Sales of novels may be flagging, but nonfiction sales — fed by a seemingly endless stream of political books — are robust.

Audiobooks: Poet and Punk: Patti Smith’s New Audiobook

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:22pm

“Patti Smith at the Minetta Lane: Words and Music” showcases her songs, her memoirs and her verse.

Audiobooks: Two New Audiobooks Inspire Teenagers to Make Real Change

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:11pm

Both “We Are Not Yet Equal” and “We Say #NeverAgain” shine a spotlight on social justice issues.

Audiobooks: On the Page and Out Loud, Two Actors Recount Very Different Paths

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 11:43am

"My Squirrel Days” is the upbeat tale of Ellie Kemper’s hard-won Hollywood career, and “Out of My Mind” relives Alan Arkin’s spiritual journey. Both authors recite their own audiobooks.

Audiobooks: A Novel About the Death Camps, Brought to Vivid Life in Audio

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 11:31am

The British actor Richard Armitage delivers a masterly reading of Heather Morris’s World War II story, “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.”

New in Paperback: ‘The Dawn Watch,’ ‘The Complete Stories’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Nonfiction: How a Small-Town Newspaper Editor Won a Pulitzer Prize

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 5:00am

In “Storm Lake,” Art Cullen relates how he took on agricultural polluters and a complicit local government in rural Iowa — and why he became a newspaperman in the first place.

Fiction: Take a Very Dark Trip Through the California Desert With ‘The Feral Detective’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 5:00am

In Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, a young woman unmoored by the 2016 election goes on an adventure involving rival desert gangs, a missing teenager and a private eye with Brillo sideburns.

Nonfiction: A New Novel Asks, What Is More Powerful, a Microphone or a Gun?

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 11/16/2018 - 5:00am

In “Destroy All Monsters,” by Jeff Jackson, the latest target of violence in America is music.

Editors’ Choice: 4 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 3:51pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Nonfiction: When Tribalism First Entered American Politics

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 2:00pm

Steve Kornacki’s “The Red and the Blue” traces current political divisions back to the battles between Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton.

New & Noteworthy

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 1:52pm

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

Match Book: Poems to Uplift and Inspire Young Adults

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 12:07pm

From the fantastical to the natural, these “happy” poetry collections are perfect for readers of all ages.

Jonathan Franzen Finds Hope In Nature In 'The End Of The End Of The Earth'

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 10:38am

A new collection the author's essays spans art, nature and autobiography — taking aim at people he meets in daily life but also exposing his own vulnerabilities.

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By the Book: John Sandford: By the Book

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 11/15/2018 - 5:00am

The author, most recently, of the Virgil Flowers novel “Holy Ghost” devotes specific spots to reading: “I like a good light, a good chair and a good book more than anything I can think of, except my wife.”

Live: National Book Awards 2018 Updates: Tonight, It’s the Oscars for Authors

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 11/14/2018 - 2:41pm

Let the earnest acceptance speeches begin!

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