9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
How to Get Published
The mainstream publishing industry is intimidating. How does a writer break in? Follow Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” through the roller coaster of its creation.
Coding and Creative Writing Have More in Common Than You Think
While other future novelists were discussing iambic pentameter and leitmotifs, Gina Chen immersed herself in computer science.
Poem: Lipstick Elegy
This poem explores all the distances between mothers and their children, the frayed seams between countries and cultures.
Gary Gaines, Coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ Fame, Dies at 73
He coached the Permian High School Panthers in Odessa, Texas, for four seasons in the 1980s, including the one that became the subject of a best-selling book.
Review: “Black Folk Could Fly,” by Randall Kenan
“Black Folk Could Fly,” a posthumous book of Randall Kenan’s collected essays, provides a window into his life and heart.
New Gothic and horror novels
A British village wedding awakens some distinctly unpleasant spirits in “Small Angels,” Lauren Owen’s creepy second novel.
Newly Published, From Emergency Rooms to Cross-Country Road Trips
A selection of recently published books.
Review: ‘Perish,’ by LaToya Watkins
The death of a matriarch prompts reflection in LaToya Watkins’s debut novel, “Perish.”
Review: ‘The Stolen Year,’ by Anya Kamenetz
“The Stolen Year,” by Anya Kamenetz, is an account of Covid’s devastating effects on American youth.
‘Dispatches From the Gilded Age’ Review: Essays of a Beloved Bon Vivant
“Dispatches From the Gilded Age” is a collection of essays by the journalist Julia Reed, who died at 59 in 2020.
Review: ‘Last Times,’ by Victor Serge
To read “Last Times,” by Victor Serge, is to watch the accelerating catastrophe of the Nazi invasion of France.
New Crime and Mystery Novels
William Kent Krueger’s “Fox Creek,” the 19th book starring the detective Cork O’Connor, will delight fans — and it’s a good entry point for those new to the series, too.
Review: “Babysitter,” by Joyce Carol Oates
Her latest novel uses horror and a privileged white protagonist as vehicles for social critique.
Abdulrazak Gurnah Refuses to Be Boxed In: ‘I Represent Me’
Gurnah, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021, has long rejected attempts to categorize him or his work. “The idea that a writer represents, I resist,” he said.
How a Wine Writer Spends Her Sundays
Alice Feiring devotes the day to her mother, her boyfriend, playing folk music, shopping for food and yes, visiting wine bars.
Writers Gather to Read Salman Rushdie and Support Free Speech
Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese, Kiran Desai and others reminded the Midtown crowd that without free expression, “literature is nothing but an echo chamber.”
Review: ‘Diary of a Misfit,’ by Casey Parks
Casey Parks’s “Diary of a Misfit” pieces together the elusive history of a Louisiana musician who spent all his life in a community that misgendered him.
New Romance Novels to Read
Lydia San Andres sets “Compromised Into a Scandalous Marriage” in the Edwardian-era Caribbean.
Review: ‘My Government Means to Kill Me,’ by Rasheed Newson
In his debut, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” Rasheed Newson shines a vivid light onto underappreciated aspects of our history through the life of a gay Black teenager.
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