Fiction: When First Love Is as Lethal as Religious Extremism
In R.O. Kwon’s debut novel, “The Incendiaries,” the central characters fall hard, both for each other and into the trap of a fundamentalist cult.
In 'Give Me Your Hand,' A Bond Forged By Secrets Can't Be Broken
Megan Abbott's new novel centers on a two young women whose high school friendship has morphed into professional rivalry. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Give Me Your Hand a "spectacular thriller."
Nonfiction: Before the Holocaust, Jewish Suffering Had One Name: Kishinev
Steven Zipperstein’s “Pogrom” offers an account of a 1903 massacre of Jews that had far-reaching implications.
Spicer Book Offers Insight On Conservative Politics, Doubles Down On Misstatements
The former Trump press officer intelligently dissects the reward structure of viral Twitter and gives a valuable sketch of conservative politics, but he seems to have written "The Briefing" to an end.
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'Hits And Misses' Doesn't Miss A Beat
Simon Rich's new collection welcomes readers to his sweet but twisted world, with laugh-out-loud stories about everything from a competitively ascetic monk to a baby writer born in tweed and glasses.
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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.
Newsbook: Read These 3 Books About Putin and Russian Interference in the 2016 Elections
Comments by President Trump last week cast doubt on his faith in American intelligence agencies. These books explain what’s at stake.
Nonfiction: A History of Everything, Served in a Cold Glass of Milk
Mark Kurlansky’s latest history, “Milk!,” ranges wide, from breast-feeding to crème vichyssoise glacée.
Nonfiction: How Sweet It Is. And How Malignant.
James Walvin’s “Sugar: The World Corrupted: From Slavery to Obesity” describes the problems with an all-too-familiar commodity.
Children’s Books: Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books
Dancing bees, ruthless hawks, sensitive whales and an eternal forest in picture books by Evan Turk, Isabelle Arsenault, Brian Floca and more.
Essay: How Does a Novelist Write About a School Shooting?
Richard Russo reflects on readers’ reactions to “Empire Falls,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was published in 2001, when school shootings were not so common.
Book Territory: This Bookstore Is Stuffed With Just One Thing: Cookbooks
A small storefront in Manhattan houses a very deep knowledge of a very narrow subject: books about food.
Muscle And Bone Meet Machinery In 'Hullmetal Girls'
In Emily Skrutskie's new book, two girls make the choice to give up part of their humanity and become bionic super-soldiers in service to the great fleet of spaceships they live among.
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The Book Review Podcast: True Crime Starring the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Margalit Fox talks about “Conan Doyle for the Defense,” and Tina Jordan discusses this season’s thrillers.
New in Paperback: ‘Who Is Rich?,’ ‘The Stars in Our Eyes’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Children’s Books: Y.A. Thrillers to Give You Chills This Summer
Teenagers stranded in the Alaska forest, trapped in a creepy mansion, and stuck aboard the Titanic in novels from Kate Alice Marshall, Marisha Pessl and Sarah Jane.
Crime: Many Sinners, Very Few Saints
Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features a “bitter as hell” ex-con, a homicidal professor, a near-mad narrator, and a soldier of fortune turned beach bum.
Fiction: A Thriller Set at a Summer Camp Where Bad Things Happened
Riley Sager’s “The Last Time I Lied” is about a woman who has returned to the summer camp from which her three bunkmates once mysteriously disappeared.
Fiction: A Daughter’s Search for a Father Wanted for Murder
In Flynn Berry’s new thriller, “A Double Life,” a London doctor confronts her family’s troubled, bloody past.
Fiction: He Can’t Remember His Name. Maybe He Doesn’t Want To?
Nick Dybek’s novel “The Verdun Affair” uses the search for a World War I amnesiac’s identity to probe the emotions of those who remember all too well.
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