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An excerpt from “The Last Great Road Bum,” by Héctor Tobar
“Vesper Flights” is a collection of essays exploring the connection between humans and the world at large.
“The Saddest Words,” by the scholar Michael Gorra, argues that America’s troubled racial past is the central, if often unspoken, theme at the heart of Faulkner’s work.
Meacham’s “His Truth Is Marching On” tells the story of the young John Lewis up to the time he entered Congress.
“El Jefe,” by the New York Times reporter Alan Feuer, tells the incredible story of how the legendarily elusive drug trafficker was finally captured for good.
Harold Holzer’s “The Presidents vs. the Press” argues that conflicts between chief executives and journalists go back to the start of the Republic.
Héctor Tobar’s “The Last Great Road Bum” follows the restless Joe Sanderson, who dashed from country to country in pursuit of adventure.
The new novel, by Daisy Johnson, features a pair of troubled siblings, an isolated house in the country and a mysterious, dark deed.
In his new book, “Hoax,” Brian Stelter examines Fox’s role as a White House propaganda organ masquerading as conservative journalism.
Immediately after the Civil War ended, the South began a campaign to deny the true meaning of the conflict.
Samanth Subramanian discusses “A Dominant Character,” his biography of J. B. S. Haldane, and Patrik Svensson talks about “The Book of Eels.”
The self-effacing translator worked with the “My Brilliant Friend” author again for her latest book, “The Lying Life of Adults.”
In his debut novel, “We Germans,” Alexander Starritt considers the weight of shame.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Bruce Pascoe’s book “Dark Emu” sparked a reconsideration of Australian history. Now he hopes to use his writing to revive Aboriginal community.
“There isn’t much literary fiction that deals with evangelicalism. ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain,’ by James Baldwin, was the first book I read that spoke to that part of my life and it moved me so deeply to see faith rendered on the page with such care and brilliance.”
In “I Promise,” LeBron James and the illustrator Nina Mata give hope to kids when they need it most.
The veteran crime novelist gets personal in her first essay collection, “My Life as a Villainess.”
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