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Interview: By the Book With Emily Henry, Whose ‘Funny Story’ Comes Out This Month

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 6:58am

“I don’t want other people to miss out on the wisdom and joy this genre has to offer, the way I did for so long,” says the best-selling novelist. “Funny Story,” about a heartsore librarian and the new man in her life, is out next week.

Behind Each of Mary Kubica’s Novels Is a Bevy of Feisty Felines

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:05am

The author of nine suspense books also finds time to foster kittens from a Chicago-area shelter.

Marjane Satrapi on Resistance in Iran: ‘A Real Revolution Is Cultural’

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:04am

The author, known for her “Persepolis” series, is releasing a new illustrated book about the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini.

Quick. Someone Get This Book a Doctor.

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:02am

Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Poetry Review: ‘The Sorrow Apartments,’ by Andrea Cohen

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:01am

In “The Sorrow Apartments,” Andrea Cohen’s signature maneuver is a kind of twist that shifts a poem away from the ending that seems to be coming.

Barbara Joans, Anthropologist Who Studied Biker Culture, Dies at 89

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:10pm

In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.

Keith Haring’s Legacy Is at the Mall, Not the Museum

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:45pm

Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public art is most powerfully preserved on the street.

Sophie Kinsella, ‘Shopaholic’ Author,’ Says She Has Brain Cancer

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:24pm

The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.

5 new mysteries and thrillers for your nightstand this spring

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 10:49am

These new books will take you from murder in present-day Texas to cryptography in Cold War Berlin to an online community that might hold the solution to a missing-person case.

5 new mysteries and thrillers for your nightstand this spring

NPR Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 10:49am

These new books will take you from murder in present-day Texas to cryptography in Cold War Berlin to an online community that might hold the solution to a missing-person case.

Hundreds of Small Presses Just Lost Their Distributor. Now What?

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:03am

A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small.

Book Review: ‘In the Shadow of Liberty,’ by Ana Raquel Minian

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:02am

“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.

Read Your Way Through Accra

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00am

Bus stations. Traffic stops. Beaches. There’s no telling where you’ll find the next story in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Peace Adzo Medie shares some of her favorites.

It's a wild ride to get to the bottom of what everyone's hiding in 'A Better World'

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:25pm

A very sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction and full of inscrutabilities, Sarah Langan's novel is as entreating and creepy as it is timely and humane.

It's a wild ride to get to the bottom of what everyone's hiding in 'A Better World'

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:24pm

A very sinister thriller with a dash of science-fiction and full of inscrutabilities, Sarah Langan's novel is as entreating and creepy as it is timely and humane.

Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 8:00am

More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.

A Tale of Four Troubled and Talented Sisters, Told With Irish Flair

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00am

There’s more than blarney in Caoilinn Hughes’s riotous, ambitiously structured new novel.

Book Review: ‘Crooked Seeds,’ by Karen Jennings

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00am

“Crooked Seeds,” by Karen Jennings, is set in a drought-stricken South Africa where its fraught history is ever-present.

Book Review: ‘Negative Space,’ by Gillian Linden

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00am

Gillian Linden’s slim debut novel, “Negative Space,” explores the being and nothingness of modern motherhood.

These Gay Novels Offer a ‘More Interesting Conversation’ About Faith

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 04/15/2024 - 12:00pm

Recent books by Allen Bratton, Daniel Lefferts and Garrard Conley depict gay Christian characters not usually seen in queer literature.

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