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Lynn Steger Strong’s new novel follows a Brooklyn wife and mother through professional failure, bankruptcy and the legacy of her past traumas.
Camilla Lackberg shows how stifled ambition never really goes away. It just bides its time.
Two new story collections reveal the toxicities of (mostly white) masculinity, from the frat house to the Midwestern farm.
In Lysley Tenorio’s debut novel, “The Son of Good Fortune,” the Filipino-American journey is over before the story even begins.
In “Cool for America,” Andrew Martin’s characters are caught in a lingering post-adolescence, stretching for a certainty that eludes them.
In Robin Wasserman’s new novel, “Mother Daughter Widow Wife,” a young woman found on a city bus has no identification, no memory, and no one looking for her.
Christina Schwarz’s fifth novel tells the life story of half of the famous duo, showing the loneliness of life on the lam.
Set in Atlantic City in the 1930s, Rachel Beanland’s debut novel wades through heartbreak.
Fans of his Borne trilogy, whether young or old, will find much to enjoy in “A Peculiar Peril.”
A memoir from a Twitter celebrity doesn’t name names, but it does provide an entertaining back story.
Erica C. Barnett’s memoir, “Quitter,” chronicles her long and winding road to an alcohol-free life.
Julian E. Zelizer’s “Burning Down the House” sees Newt Gingrich’s rise in Congress as a turning point in political history.
In “Desert Notebooks,” a study of arid America reveals the roots of our present calamities.
There’s nothing special about my story. That’s the point.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a series of novels by Black authors married revolutionary politics with pulp fiction. Their plotlines remain distressingly relevant.
These journeys of the imagination explore what it means to be human.
Feiffer talks about his new picture book and more, and Steve Inskeep discusses “Imperfect Union.”
Irving Howe wrote for the Book Review about American literature — “moving from visions to problems, from ecstasy to trouble, from self to society” — on July 4, 1976. “Land of the free? Yes, but also home of the exploited.”
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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