Fiction: Strangers in the Night, Exchanging Genre Conventions
Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Sunburn,” draws its inspiration from 1940s noir like “Double Indemnity.”
Nonfiction: Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love
In “The Kiss,” Brian Turner collects musings on all aspects of the act, from the romantic to the familial to the tragic.
Essay: Good Paperback Vibrations
What one reader learned about sex from the best-selling novels of his childhood.
'Self-Portrait With Boy' Explores The Narcissistic Ambition That Fuels Success
An artist's photograph of a young boy's death leads to a terrible dilemma in Rachel Lyon's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls the book a "striking debut."
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Immortality, Sadness And Drinking With Shakespeare In 'How To Stop Time'
Matt Haig's new novel isn't exactly about time travel — it's about a slow-aging man who travels through time just by staying alive for centuries. And yes, he meets Shakespeare (who has bad breath).
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Nonfiction: A Recovering Sex and Porn Addict Tells All
Erica Garza’s debut memoir, “Getting Off,” reveals a path to rehabilitation that is equal parts sordid and inspiring.
Nonfiction: A Young Wife Toys With Adultery
In Molly McCloskey’s novel “Straying,” a feckless American marries into an Irish family, then looks for love elsewhere.
Fiction: A Marriage Upended, a Life Destroyed
In Tayari Jones’s new novel, “An American Marriage,” a newlywed black attorney is wrongly convicted of rape.
By the Book: Tayari Jones: By the Book
The novelist Tayari Jones keeps a Bible even though she was raised without religion: “I’ve come to understand that, as a black Southerner, I am a Christian, whether I am observant or not.”
From Bieber To Buber, 'Feel Free' Mixes High And Low With A Generous Spirit
Reading Zadie Smith's big-hearted, eloquent new essay collection is a lot like hanging out with a friend who's just as at home with pop stars as she is with philosophers.
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'I Am' Living Life To The Fullest, Despite Its Perils
Maggie O'Farrell's first book of nonfiction is a memoir — by turns thrilling and agonizing — of all of her brushes with death. And there have been many, from childhood illness to deadly riptides.
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Fiction: Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion
In “Fire Sermon,” the author of the story collection “I Want to Show You More” describes a married woman’s love affair.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On a Feminist Revolution
Peggy Orenstein reviews “Buzz” and “Vibrator Nation,” two new books about the history and significance of sex toys.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Poems for Young Readers
Verses that will forge bonds between you and your little ones through the power of language.
'This Is What Happened' And 'Babylon Berlin' Deliver Thrills And Intrigue Aplenty
Critic John Powers says Mick Herron's latest novel sucks you in from the opening page, and a Netflix series imported from Germany is both fun and binge-able.
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Nonfiction: Marriage Can Take Many Forms in India
Elizabeth Flock’s “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” provides a close-up look at three couples in Mumbai.
Essay: Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex
Allan Gurganus, Jennifer Weiner and other writers tell Sarah Lyall how they handle a delicate subject, and what happens when it goes wrong.
Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’
In “The World Only Spins Forward,” Isaac Butler and Dan Kois tell the story of Tony Kushner’s epic play in the words of the artists who made it and the fans who love it.
Twisty Thrills Propel 'The Burial Society'
Nina Sadowsky's day job is high-level Hollywood producer, and it shows in the cinematic drive of her new thriller. But the book's nonstop action leaves little time for details of place and character.
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