Starring Louise Erdrich as Herself
In her new best seller, “The Sentence,” the veteran novelist plays a small but important role as her protagonist’s benevolent boss.
Thomas Mann, Guilty Pleasures and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Ian Frazier Wishes Somebody Would Write About the World’s Largest Beaver Dam
“Supposedly it’s the largest animal-made structure visible from space. I would like to write about it myself, but no editors are interested.”
New in Paperback: ‘To Make Men Free’ and ‘You Love Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Jewish Pride, and Prejudice, in Veera Hiranandani’s New Middle Grade Novel
“How to Find What You’re Not Looking For” views the elopement of a Jewish girl with a Hindu boy through the lens of Loving v. Virginia.
Not Your Traditional Hanukkah/Christmas Picture Book
When a stone thrower extinguishes a menorah’s lights in Lee Wind’s “Red and Green and Blue and White,” a community bands together.
Here are the Books We Love: 360+ great 2021 reads recommended by NPR
Books We Love (formerly known as NPR's Book Concierge) is back with a new name and 360+ new books handpicked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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New Mysteries and Crime Novels
Rachel Kapelke-Dale’s debut novel, “The Ballerinas,” set in the hothouse world of a Paris ballet academy, follows three dancers hiding a very big secret.
The ‘Profusely Illustrated’ Life of Edward Sorel
The legendary illustrator has written a memoir, which tells the story of his Bronx youth through a varied career at the center of the New York media world.
Newly Published, From ‘Shaun of the Dead’ to Patricia Highsmith
A selection of books published this week.
The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind
Machine learning programs have recently made huge advances. Stephen Marche tested one against Shakespeare’s collected works, to see if it could help him figure out which of the several versions of Hamlet’s soliloquy was most likely what the playwright intended.
New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers: November 28, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
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New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: November 28, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
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Delivered: 11/23/2021 8:00:00 PM
My Book Was Censored in China. Now It’s Blacklisted — in Texas
Andrew Solomon never expected his books to come under threat in America. But as he writes in this essay, attacks on books are on the rise here, and one of his is under investigation by a state legislature.
Ann Patchett reflects on love and relationships in new essay collection
Even when nominally about something else, the essays in These Precious Days are about the weight and grief of relationships. "I was asking what mattered most in this precarious and precious life."
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Mario Vargas Llosa and the Age of the Strongman
His novel “Harsh Times” examines power and conspiracy at a crucial point in Latin American history.
Mystics, Monsters and the Macabre: Visual Books Honor the Occult
For anyone who believes in spirits unseen, three new titles on Voodoo dolls, tarot cards and flying witches.
New Political Thrillers Head to the Brink of Disaster (and Dive In)
“Never,” “Damascus Station” and “The Days to Come” imagine global crises and the spies and politicians trying to solve them.
Mystics, Monsters and the Macabre: Visual Books Honor the Occult
For anyone who believes in spirits unseen, three new titles on Voodoo dolls, tarot cards and flying witches.
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