9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Israel’s Contradictions, Drawn With a Palette of Primary Colors
For 30 years, Rutu Modan has used her comic strips and graphic novels to present the many narratives that coexist in her country.
Diana Gabaldon Avoids Books Where Bad Things Happen to Children
“There’s a very small group of authors whose books I won’t read because the mind I sense behind them disturbs me. (In all fairness, mine disturbs a few people, too.)”
To Understand Inequality, Look to the 9.9 Percent
In his new book, Matthew Stewart explores what he calls a “new aristocracy,” the one-tenth of Americans who are reaping the benefits of an unfair economy.
These Best Sellers Will Make Your Stomach Growl
Across the lists, books about food are selling like hot cakes.
Newly Published, From Haruki Murakami’s T-Shirts to Sally Hemings
A selection of books published this week.
John Edgar Wideman’s Art of Storytelling
“Look for Me and I’ll Be Gone,” his latest collection, erodes the boundaries between fiction, memoir and essay.
A Sweeping History of American Comics
In his new book, “American Comics,” Jeremy Dauber starts in the 19th century before making his way from Superman to “Maus” to offer a grand narrative of comics in America.
Book Review: ‘Love in the Big City,’ by Sang Young Park
Sang Young Park’s English-language debut, “Love in the Big City,” is already a best seller in Korea.
“Termination Shock,” by Neal Stephenson: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Termination Shock,” by Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
“Termination Shock,” his latest novel, is set in a future gone haywire from the impacts of climate disaster.
The True-Life Inspiration for Dostoyevsky’s Famous Murderer
The model for Raskolnikov, the tortured killer in the Russian author’s masterpiece “Crime and Punishment,” was a Frenchman who committed a double murder, Kevin Birmingham writes in “The Sinner and the Saint,” his portrait of Dostoyevsky and the making of the novel.
The Cutting Mind and Romantic Heart of Elizabeth Hardwick
“A Splendid Intelligence,” by Cathy Curtis, is the first biography of the much admired critic and novelist.
Book Review: ‘Taste Makers,’ by Mayukh Sen
“Taste Makers,” by Mayukh Sen, features women who, often while confronting sexism and racism in the food industry, introduced Americans to the dishes of their native cultures.
Bildungsromans From Around the World
New fiction by Elif Shafak, S.J. Sindu and Bisi Adjapon.
How the Greek Revolution of 1821 Led to the Global System of Nation-States
Mark Mazower’s “The Greek Revolution” examines a century-old event that continues to reverberate today.
A Debut Novel Where Small Moments Add Up to Something Big
In “A Little Hope,” Ethan Joella explores quiet lives in small-town Connecticut.
A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present
Originally published as a series in The New York Times Magazine and now revised and expanded as a book, “The 1619 Project,” edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein, undertakes an ambitious examination of slavery and its ongoing legacy for Black Americans.
A Young Wife Becomes Pregnant — With an Owl
In Claire Oshetsky’s surrealistic debut, “Chouette,” motherhood presents an otherworldly dichotomy.
New Picture Books Pose Two of Life’s Biggest Questions
A caterpillar asks the meaning of beauty; a boy the meaning of love.
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