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“500 Books You’re a Fool for Not Having Read Already” and more.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Gregory Maguire’s “Cress Watercress” and Matt Phelan’s “The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck” give talking animal tales new depth and take them to new heights.
Three new Y.A. fantasy novels — “Castles in Their Bones,” by Laura Sebastian; “Lakelore,” by Anna-Marie McLemore; and “This Woven Kingdom,” by Tahereh Mafi — blend romance and magic to tell enchanting tales.
In “Rhyme’s Rooms,” the veteran poet and avowed traditionalist Brad Leithauser explains how verse works, and why we should care.
“‘Peanuts Vol. 3’ (I think) ... made it cool to be excited about Beethoven’s birthday.”
Two days after Olivie Blake’s novel “The Atlas Six” hit the best-seller list, her editor posted a strongly worded resignation letter on Twitter.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Deborah Cohen’s “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial” tells the story of four foreign correspondents who sounded the alarm from Europe before World War II.
In “Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation,” Erika Krouse tells twin stories of working a case and exploring personal trauma.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
First published in Argentina in 1969, Héctor Germán Oesterheld’s “Life of Che” has finally been translated into English.
Kelsey Ronan’s debut novel, “Chevy in the Hole,” follows a budding romance between opposites amid a civic crisis.
In “We Don’t Know Ourselves,” Fintan O’Toole reckons with a life spent in a wildly changing homeland.
William Neuman’s “Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse” recounts the recent decline of Venezuela — and how that decline is continuing.
Eloghosa Osunde’s “Vagabonds!” is set in the Nigerian capital, where homosexuality is punished by law.
Elena Medel’s debut novel, “The Wonders,” explores daily life in Spain beyond the tourist clichés.
Sara Novic’s new novel, “True Biz,” takes readers beyond the hearing world.
In Mike Meginnis’s new novel, everybody on earth has the same dream that the world will end soon.
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