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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
These books explores how administrations like Richard Nixon’s and Theodore Roosevelt’s worked with or fought against the news media.
Nadia Murad’s “The Last Girl” describes a Yazidi woman’s kidnapping by Islamist militants.
The essays in “Winter” have a characteristically Scandinavian focus on darkness, snow, quiet, emptiness and depression.
In childhood, the historian and novelist was a “voracious, excitable, starry-eyed” reader. He still is.
Drawing on her experience as a child who felt self-conscious about her dark skin, the actress hopes to help other kids reimagine what is beautiful.
In “Off the Charts,” Ann Hulbert examines the lives of child prodigies, who often fail to sustain their accomplishments into adulthood.
In Nathaniel Rich’s “King Zeno,” a great American city and a new kind of music take shape as the Spanish flu and a serial killer both run rampant.
In an exclusive interview, the (former) novelist shares his thoughts on Trump, #MeToo and retirement.
Authors from across the globe unearth their national roots in both fiction and nonfiction.
“The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,” a posthumous story collection, is a sequel of sorts to Johnson’s influential and beloved “Jesus’ Son.”
A new book explores the food passions and larder of a founding father.
In Sam Graham-Felsen’s debut novel, “Green,” the colors that really matter are black and white.
Robert Menasse writes a polyphonic novel of satire and sympathy about Brussels, Europe’s symbolic capital — its bureaucrats, nationalisms and police.
Three Haitian writers explore stories of politics, love and violence.
Previous recipients include Stephen Sondheim and J.K. Rowling.
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s follow-up to “The War That Saved My Life” follows its young heroine from life-changing surgery to, finally, a safe home.
Alexander Langlands discusses “Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts,” and Max Boot talks about “The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam.”
Three new books on Vivian Maier, Renoir and Elaine de Kooning explore the personalities and experiences behind the work.
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