Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
By the Book: By the Book: Ben Macintyre
The author, most recently, of ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ is moved by ‘discretion and modesty’ in literature: ‘As a very British sort of Briton, I have an affection for the stiff upper lip, the emotion unvoiced, the desire undeclared.’
Fiction: 30 Years After Her Acclaimed Debut, a Zimbabwean Novelist Returns to Her Heroine in a Sequel
In “This Mournable Body,” Tsitsi Dangarembga revisits the indomitable protagonist of “Nervous Conditions,” her prizewinning first novel, and find her still struggling but unbowed.
Nonfiction: Coming of Age — and Becoming a Writer — in an America Obsessed With ‘Dead Girls’
“Dead Girls,” by Alice Bolin, and “Against Memoir,” by Michelle Tea, reflect on American culture’s often violent fixation on female bodies.
Memorabilia: Happy 20th Anniversary, Harry Potter
A publishing saga, captured in Potter ephemera — letters, sketches, mementos and more — that has been transfigured into treasure.
'The Shadow President' A Missed Opportunity To Better Understand Mike Pence
The Shadow President looks like a book, but belongs firmly in the world of partisan TV. There is plenty to uncover about the "real" Mike Pence, but readers won't find it here.
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Understated And Over-Frank, 'French Exit' Is Just The Right Amount Of Funny
Patrick DeWitt's new novel is a sparkling dark comedy about an Upper East Side society matron and her large adult son (and their cat) who take off for Paris to escape financial and social ruin.
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'The Air You Breathe' Is A Glorious, Glittery Saga Of Friendship And Loss
Frances de Pontes Peebles' new novel about two women in Brazil — and later Hollywood — who take the music world by storm can sometimes slip into corniness, but it's a genuinely exciting read.
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Fiction: A Psychological Thriller Asks, Are We All a Little Stalker-ish?
In Leo Benedictus’s new novel, “Read Me,” a stalker threatens his victim’s autonomy, and her life.
Nonfiction: Attempting the Impossible: A Thoughtful Meditation on Technology
In “Bitwise,” David Auerbach charts a middle course in his exploration of the good and the bad of our tech-enabled lives.
'Ohio' Is A Wild, Angry, Devastating Debut
Stephen Markley's novel follows four friends, each with their own baggage, who return to their home town on the same night, but for different reasons — leading to an explosive moment of violentce.
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'Elizabeth Warren' Highlights All Of The Senator's Positives
Antonia Felix's new biography is a flattering portrait of a senator — no doubt by a strong supporter — that many see as a contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.
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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.
Crime: Yo, Ray Boy: Crime Novels That Speak in Local Voices
From the Brooklynese of “Gravesend” to the Western twang of “Depth of Winter,” four mysteries tell murder-filled tales in regional accents.
Nonfiction: Does Our Cultural Obsession With Safety Spell the Downfall of Democracy?
Two new books — “The Splintering of the American Mind,” by William Egginton, and “The Coddling of the American Mind,” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt — warn of the threat to the country’s political and social well-being by a fractured generation convinced of its fragility.
Nonfiction: What Is Identity?
Francis Fukuyama’s “Identity” and Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Lies That Bind” examine the role of personal identity in our modern age.
Profile: In a New Book of Sketches, Françoise Gilot Clears Her Mind of the Past
Picasso’s former lover and muse has a philosophy formed by nine decades of living. And forgetting.
Nonfiction: Why Arthur Ashe Is the Spiritual Father of Colin Kaepernick
Touré reviews Raymond Arsenault’s major new biography, “Arthur Ashe: A Life,” which tells the story of a remarkable athlete and activist.
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Grief and Laughter Mingle in ‘Tragedy Plus Time’
The comedian and actor Adam Cayton-Holland discusses his new memoir, which recounts his childhood in Denver and the eventual suicide of his younger sister.
In 'Red, White, Blue,' High Peaks And Low Blows
Lea Carpenter's new novel combines literary sensibility with genre readability, for a dark spy thriller about a young woman finding out all kinds of strange truths about her father's past in the CIA.
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