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Stories set in China, the U.S. and Hong Kong are deadpan, dysfunctional, sentimental — and weird.
“By Hands Now Known,” by Margaret A. Burnham, examines the chronic, quotidian violence faced by Black citizens in the American South — and the law’s failure to address it.
A selection of recently published books.
In “Lady Justice,” Dahlia Lithwick celebrates the female lawyers, judges and others who stood up to the administration.
In “You’ve Been Played,” a self-identified gamer warns against the dangers of imposing artificial incentives on all aspects of our lives.
Three siblings reunite in Amanda Svensson’s turbulent novel “A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding.”
In “Less Is More,” the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel, the author’s writer protagonist, now over 50 and in need of cash, takes to the road once again.
Andy Campbell examines extremism in the U.S. through a history of an ascendant far-right group.
In “The Book of Goose,” a literary hoax devised by two teenagers closes the distance between fiction and reality.
A copy editor recounts his obsession with perfection.
In “The Complicities,” Stacey D’Erasmo introduces a woman who is rebuilding her life in the aftermath of her ex’s financial wrongdoings.
The novelist discusses his Pulitzer-winning comedy about the travels and travails of a heartbroken writer, and William Finnegan talks about surfing.
A selection of books published this week.
A civil rights advocate investigates.
The kids are back in their classrooms — but are they OK? These new titles can provide reassurance, advice and solidarity.
In “Lucy by the Sea,” Elizabeth Strout relocates a formerly married couple from Manhattan to Maine at the peak of the Covid pandemic.
Dan Gemeinhart’s latest book, “The Midnight Children,” is light compared with “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” but weighty nonetheless.
“Moonflower,” inspired by the author Kacen Callender’s own struggles, is about helping young people to heal.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Behind the best-selling novelist Ilona Andrews are two people who live, work, lift weights and take care of their pets under the same roof.
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