Diana Goetsch on ‘This Body I Wore’
Goetsch talks about her new memoir, and CJ Hauser discusses “The Crane Wife.”
That Voice You’re Hearing? It Might Be Julia Whelan.
Julia Whelan is one of the most in-demand audiobook narrators working today. With her novel, “Thank You for Listening,” she’s telling a story of her own.
Newly Published, From Maori Myths to Europe’s Eastern Borderlands
A selection of books published this week.
Readers’ Favorite Phantoms, Specters and Chain-Dragging Ghosts
In 1904, after the Book Review published an appreciation of Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw,” its letters page overflowed with ghost-story recommendations.
After Mocking France’s Literary Elite, a Fraught Invite Into the Club
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, a Senegal-born writer, has won high praise and top prizes from Paris’s insular publishing establishment. But the novelist wonders: Is it an endorsement or “a way to silence me”?
Review: ‘An Honest Living,’ by Dwyer Murphy
Dwyer Murphy’s first novel, “An Honest Living,” is an updated detective story immersed in the worlds of rare books and real estate.
Review: “The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century,” Jamie Susskind
In “The Digital Republic,” Jamie Susskind examines how the revolution in communications is threatening democracy — and what can be done about it.
“Chester Keene Cracks the Code” by Kekla Magoon
The protagonists of four new middle grade mysteries attempt to uncover secrets about their families and themselves.
Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ Trips From Page to Stage
Amir Arison stars as a guilt-ridden Afghan refugee brooding over a childhood friendship in a stiff adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel.
Ronni Solbert, Children’s Book Illustrator, Dies at 96
She did the artwork for dozens of books, notably “The Pushcart War,” a parable about overcoming bullies, written by her partner, Jean Merrill.
13 New Books We Recommend This Week
Reading picks from our staff critics and Book Review editors.
Michelle Obama Will Publish a New Book, ‘The Light We Carry,’ This Fall
In “The Light We Carry,” the former first lady will share her approaches to dealing with challenging times. Her 2018 memoir, “Becoming,” was one of the best-selling books of all time.
Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English
The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words. “The bottom line of the African American people,” Gates said, is “these are people who love language.”
Gabrielle Zevin Is Not Going to Post This Article
The best-selling author of “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” takes a measured approach to social media. Here’s why.
Review: ‘Dirt Creek,’ by Hayley Scrivenor and ‘Wake,’ by Shelley Burr
Two new novels, “Dirt Creek” and “Wake,” are set in remote towns hours from anywhere and on the road to nowhere.
Ruth Ware Won’t Read ‘Bleak House’ Until She Retires
“There’s a temptation to rush through the canon as young as possible,” says the thriller writer, whose new novel is “The It Girl,” “but you can only ever read a book for the first time once, and I like the idea of having that to look forward to.”
Review: ‘Fish Swimming in Dappled Water,’ by Riku Onda
Riku Onda’s “Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight,” set over a single night, explores the role a couple may have played in the death of their hiking guide.
HarperCollins Workers Strike For Increased Wages, Benefits and Diversity
The one-day action, unionized employees said, was intended to draw attention to core problems with the publishing industry.
Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind
Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling’s views on transgender issues, the sport’s leading groups officially distanced themselves from their “Harry Potter” roots.
New Thrillers
In Ruth Ware’s “It Girl,” a woman whose college roommate was murdered decides to reinvestigate the case.
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