New in Paperback: Helen Oyeyemi and George Saunders
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Review: ‘Silent Invasion’ Is Deborah Birx’s Story of Trump’s Covid Response
“Silent Invasion” is an insider’s account of an ignorant president whose policies may have cost thousands of lives.
The Dark Side of Tea-Making
Judy I. Lin’s debut fantasy novel for young adults is “steeped” in the ancient traditions of her native Taiwan.
Review: ‘Easy Beauty,’ by Chloe Cooper Jones; ‘The Perfect Other,’ by Kyleigh Leddy; ‘Pathological,’ by Sarah Fay
Three authors turn the lens on their own bodies and minds.
Viola Davis on Recording Her New Memoir ‘Finding Me’
“I felt I was living through those moments with every word I spoke,” the Oscar-winning actor says of her new memoir, “Finding Me.”
3 New Audiobooks to Listen to Now
Fantastical maps, timeless tales and a new twist on an ancient Hindu classic.
Review: ‘Adriatic,’ by Robert D. Kaplan
Robert D. Kaplan’s “Adriatic” takes readers on a political, intellectual and personal tour from Italy to Albania.
New Mysteries and Crime Novels
Harini Nagendra’s new novel, “The Bangalore Detectives Club,” stars a bookish, Sherlock-Holmes-loving young bride.
Diego Maradona: Soccer’s Brilliant, Tortured Bad Boy
A new biography by a Spanish journalist who had access to members of Maradona’s inner circle.
Biography and Memoir: April 2022
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing. Monthly.
Delivered: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM
New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: April 24, 2022
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 4/19/2022 9:00:00 PM
Delivered: 4/19/2022 9:00:00 PM
Star Wars Day: May the 4th Be With You
Open to everyone. You don't need to go to a galaxy far, far away to celebrate May the Fourth. Stop in at the Mays Landing branch to make a set of Yoda ears or Leia buns and craft a glow stick lightsaber. Sponsored by the Atlantic County Library Foundation.
Playdate at the Library
Open to ages 6-36 months. Registration required. Enjoy stories, rhymes & songs designed to develop early literacy skills with your little one. Guardians must remain present. Masks are optional. Social distancing policies remain in effect. All programs subject to change or cancellation.
New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: April 24, 2022
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 4/19/2022 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 4/19/2022 8:00:00 PM
Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth
Piketty’s “A Brief History of Equality” looks at centuries of economic improvement and suggests new reforms for modern societies.
Big Tech Wants to Commodify Your Happiness
In Claire Stanford’s “Happy for You,” a struggling academic joins an internet company building an algorithm to quantify human joy.
The Work-Life-Balance Library Welcomes Another Title
Lara Bazelon’s “Ambitious Like A Mother” is the latest addition to a tall pile of books for women who are pondering issues of employment and children.
In Tove Ditlevsen’s World, Happy Families Don’t Stand a Chance
Two reissued works of fiction, “The Faces” and “The Trouble With Happiness,” upend domestic life in the Danish writer’s cutting, deadpan prose.
Janelle Monáe’s Queer, Afrofuturist Literary Debut
“The Memory Librarian” translates the themes of her 2018 album, “Dirty Computer,” onto the page.
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