Fiction: An Ominous Sleeping Sickness Paralyzes a Small California Town in ‘The Dreamers’
In Karen Thompson Walker’s second novel, people stop waking up in the morning. They’re not dead, just trapped in a dream-filled netherworld.
'The Collected Schizophrenias' Conveys What It's Like To Live With A 'Hidden' Illness
In her new book of riveting, honest, courageous essays, Esmé Weijun Wang provides a series of lenses through which to observe schizophrenic disorders and, by extension, our (mis)understanding of them.
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You'll Find 12 Fresh And Unforgettable Essays In 'Black Is The Body'
Emily Bernard was recovering from a knife attack — a "bizarre act of violence" — when she decided to write a book of essays rooted, autobiographically, in the blackness of her own body.
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'Hard To Love' Offers Tribute To Life's Many, Varied Relationships
Author Briallen Hopper takes us into her unusually expansive love life, complete with knotty familial relationships, deep friendships, and emotional investment in the fictional and material worlds.
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Grief Conquers Language — Almost — In 'Where Reasons End'
Yiyun Li wrote her devastating, brilliant new novel after the suicide of her son — in it, the unnamed narrator confronts the same situation, holding an extended conversation with her own dead son.
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Nonfiction: A Dying Young Woman Reminds Us How to Live
Julie Yip-Williams’s memoir, “The Unwinding of the Miracle,” written before her death at 42 last year, is an exquisitely moving exhortation to the living.
Journalism's Battles Are On Display In Jill Abramson's 'Merchants Of Truth'
The former New York Times editor's examination of four news outlets pits new against old, mercenary versus honorable — and is unlikely to inspire the next generation of journalists.
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Fiction: A First Novel Exposes the Hollow Core of the Global Big Ideas Industry
In “Same Same,” the renowned graphic designer Peter Mendelsund presents a metafictional sendup of artists’ retreats and tech-industry think tanks.
Children’s Books: In Angie Thomas’s ‘On the Come Up,’ a Young Rapper Finds Her Way
The follow-up to “The Hate U Give” introduces a heroine whose late father was a local hip-hop legend. She has a struggling mom, a venal manager and a ton of talent.
In 'Go Ahead In The Rain,' The Love For A Tribe Called Quest Is Infectious
Author Hanif Abdurraqib has a seemingly limitless capacity to share what moves him and to invite the reader in: His love for these music-makers is contagious, even when it breaks his heart.
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The Shortlist: From Black Holes to Breakfast, Three Books Show How Einstein’s Legacy Lives On
The revolutionary advances in physics pioneered by Einstein are at the heart of new books that cover phenomena both celestial and mundane.
Nonfiction: A Sensible Climate Change Solution, Borrowed From Sweden
In “A Bright Future,” Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist look to Europe for examples of how nuclear energy can help solve the global warming crisis.
Essay: What Happens When Autism Becomes a Literary Device?
The disorder is poorly understood. Should novelists be able to make it mean whatever they want?
In 'Kill Class,' A Poet Aims To Map The Distance Between Perspectives
At her best, Nomi Stone is able to make an anthropological excavation into something beautiful and haunting, laced with double meanings. But at times she stands in her own way, obscuring our view.
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Nonfiction: A Personal Fight for the Dignity of L.G.B.T. People in India
In “An Indefinite Sentence,” Siddharth Dube recounts his personal struggle to destigmatize homosexuality and AIDS in his home country.
In 'Proxima Centauri,' A Teenager And His Creator Struggle To Grow Up
Comics creator Farel Dalrymple returns to the world of his 2014 book The Wrenchies for a story about a teen genius stuck — in more ways than one — on a space station light years away from Earth.
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In 'Dead Queens Club,' Henry VIII Is The Homecoming King
Hannah Capin's zippy new young adult novel follows intrepid journalist Annie (she's from Cleveland so her pal Henry calls her Cleves) as she investigates the mystery of Henry's dead girlfriends.
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Teen Drag Queens Will Steal Your Heart In 'Death Prefers Blondes'
Caleb Roehrig's new YA thriller follows socialite-turned-cat burglar Margo Manning and her crew of kickboxing drag queens as they take on one last multimillion-dollar heist — and its consequences.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Book Review Podcast: Assessing the Facebook Problem
Roger McNamee talks about “Zucked,” and Charles Finch discusses the season’s best thrillers.
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