NY Times Book Reviews | Atlantic County Library System

Fiction: Strangers in the Night, Exchanging Genre Conventions

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 5:00am

Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Sunburn,” draws its inspiration from 1940s noir like “Double Indemnity.”

Nonfiction: Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 5:00am

In “The Kiss,” Brian Turner collects musings on all aspects of the act, from the romantic to the familial to the tragic.

Essay: Good Paperback Vibrations

Thu, 02/08/2018 - 5:00am

What one reader learned about sex from the best-selling novels of his childhood.

Nonfiction: A Recovering Sex and Porn Addict Tells All

Wed, 02/07/2018 - 5:00am

Erica Garza’s debut memoir, “Getting Off,” reveals a path to rehabilitation that is equal parts sordid and inspiring.

Nonfiction: A Young Wife Toys With Adultery

Wed, 02/07/2018 - 5:00am

In Molly McCloskey’s novel “Straying,” a feckless American marries into an Irish family, then looks for love elsewhere.

Fiction: A Marriage Upended, a Life Destroyed

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 6:45pm

In Tayari Jones’s new novel, “An American Marriage,” a newlywed black attorney is wrongly convicted of rape.

By the Book: Tayari Jones: By the Book

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:04am

The novelist Tayari Jones keeps a Bible even though she was raised without religion: “I’ve come to understand that, as a black Southerner, I am a Christian, whether I am observant or not.”

Fiction: Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 5:00am

In “Fire Sermon,” the author of the story collection “I Want to Show You More” describes a married woman’s love affair.

New & Noteworthy

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 5:00am

A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.

Nonfiction: The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On a Feminist Revolution

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 5:00am

Peggy Orenstein reviews “Buzz” and “Vibrator Nation,” two new books about the history and significance of sex toys.

Match Book: Dear Match Book: Poems for Young Readers

Tue, 02/06/2018 - 5:00am

Verses that will forge bonds between you and your little ones through the power of language.

Nonfiction: Marriage Can Take Many Forms in India

Mon, 02/05/2018 - 5:00am

Elizabeth Flock’s “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” provides a close-up look at three couples in Mumbai.

Essay: Authors of Fiction Confront a Problem: How to Write About Sex

Mon, 02/05/2018 - 5:00am

Allan Gurganus, Jennifer Weiner and other writers tell Sarah Lyall how they handle a delicate subject, and what happens when it goes wrong.

Q. & A.: Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’

Sun, 02/04/2018 - 12:00pm

In “The World Only Spins Forward,” Isaac Butler and Dan Kois tell the story of Tony Kushner’s epic play in the words of the artists who made it and the fans who love it.