Nonfiction: ‘Good Booty’: The Sexual Power of Music
In her new book, the critic Ann Powers examines the “erotic pull” of rock ’n’ roll.
Fiction: The Real-Life Reality Show That Jumped the Shark
In Alissa Nutting’s tragicomic near-future novel “Made for Love,” we’re all in a surveillance state of our own making.
Match Book: Books for Adults That Channel the Back-to-School Spirit
In time for the new academic year, novels set in elite boarding schools contain heartwarming coming-of-age tales and twisted adolescent dramas alike.
Essay: The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee
Historians have long debated Lee’s place in American history, and that battle continues today.
Open Book: Stories and Slurpees
Kristen Arnett will celebrate the publication of her debut short-story collection at her local 7-Eleven.
Profile: A Debut Novelist’s Descent Into Darkness
Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling” is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated debut novels of the year.
Nonfiction: A Journalist Abroad Grapples With American Power
In “Notes on a Foreign Country,” Suzy Hansen argues that “Americans were in active denial of their empire even as they laid its foundations.”
Fiction: In This Beautiful Debut, a Boy Takes Flight in a Bleak World
In Jesús Carrasco’s “Out in the Open,” a young boy tries to survive tormentors who are unrelentingly cruel.
'If The Creek Don't Rise' Traces Webs Of Hurt And Help
Leah Weiss' debut novel — set in a remote Appalachian town — has a strong sense of place and a richly drawn cast of characters, all with their own voices, stories and interconnected relationships.
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Subtle, Brilliant 'Stay With Me' Blends The Personal And The Political
Ayobami Adebayo's debut novel follows a young Nigerian couple struggling to conceive and caught between modern medicine and the traditional remedies — like a new wife — pushed by older relatives.
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Take A Walk On The Wilder Side Of Death With 'Reincarnation Blues'
Michael Poore's new novel is surprisingly goofy for a book about dying. It's the story fishing guide Milo, who's just been eaten by a shark. Oh, and he's in love with Death, who's also named Suzie.
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Inside the List: A B-Movie Actor Makes It Big on the Best-Seller List
As the star of cult films like “The Evil Dead” and “Army of Darkness,” Bruce Campbell has built a loyal audience.
Children’s Books: Inspirational New Picture-Book Biographies, of Fascinating People — and One Amazing Horse
These five gorgeously illustrated books bring to life the stories of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Arturo Schomburg, an unexpected Purple Heart recipient and more.
Children’s Books: Forget My Bar Mitzvah, What About Getting Nuked?
The 12-year-old bicultural protagonist of “This Is Just a Test” confronts threats, from the specter of a Soviet atomic bomb to his warring grandmothers.
Children’s Books: Just Be Yourself? In Middle School, It’s More Complicated
In Kat Yeh’s refreshing “The Way to Bea,” a 12-year-old learns from harsh experience that self-revelation can lead to trouble.
Open Book: Sharpen Your Pencils
“Vanity Fair’s Schools for Scandal” dishes the dirt on campus cases ranging from the deeply disturbing to the famously shrouded.
The Book Review Podcast: The Joys of Children’s Literature
Bruce Handy talks about “Wild Things,” and Adrian Owen discusses “Into the Gray Zone.”
Children’s Books: ‘A Cocoon Over There’: A Back to School Comic from Liniers
What happens when a new school year also means a new language and country.
Children’s Books: These Tales Get Excited for School Days
A boy who can’t find his stuff, a mom who can’t say goodbye, a teacher who can’t get a rude hippo out of the classroom, and more in new back to school picture books.
Children’s Books: He’s a Bookworm. That Doesn’t Mean He Likes School.
In Andrew Clements’s “The Losers Club,” a sixth grader must trade the peaceful, solitary world of books for the horrors of after-school activities.
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