Private Moscow
Call Number: 9781529124453
Format: Books
Format: Books
Out of the Wardrobe
With echoes of Narnia, David Levithan’s “The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.” flips the script on traditional portal fiction.
Latina Girls Dreaming
“Latinitas,” by Juliet Menéndez, introduces young readers to 40 Latina trailblazers, from the 17th century to the present, as children at play.
Lauren Oyler Talks About Deception Online
Oyler discusses her debut novel, “Fake Accounts,” and Stephen Kearse talks about the work of Octavia Butler.
Reviewing the Book Review
As the publication celebrates its 125th anniversary, Parul Sehgal, a staff critic and former editor at the Book Review, delves into the archives to critically examine its legacy in full.
A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward
Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus — herself — in her memoir, “The Empathy Diaries.”
Aliens, Book Organizing Tricks and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
New in Paperback: ‘Real Life’ and ‘A Game of Birds and Wolves’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Murder, Mayhem and Menace: New Crime Fiction
In these novels, bodies disappear, swallowed by sinkholes and forests.
His Debut Novel Won the Pulitzer. Now It Has an Action-Packed Sequel.
In “The Committed,” a follow-up to “The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen’s nameless spy navigates a Paris underworld rife with drug deals, violence and colonialism’s ghosts.
5 Picture Books About the Wonders of Science
Fossils, flowers, galaxies and a rare “lefty” snail.
12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Searching for Our Urban Future in the Ruins of the Past
In “Four Lost Cities,” Annalee Newitz explores the fates of four cities lost to time to better understand what leads urban environments to decay.
To Light Up a Dark Time, Effervescent Poems of New York City
Alex Dimitrov’s third collection, “Love and Other Poems,” delivers a burst of energy and a happy reminder of Frank O’Hara’s work.
Ibram X. Kendi Likes to Read at Bedtime
“I don’t remember the last time the pages of a book were not the final thing I saw before departing off for sleep.”
This Indigenous Author and Artist Team Have an Important Message
Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade collaborated on “We Are Water Protectors.” The rest is history.
A Botched Execution Leads To A Search For Answers In 'Two Truths And A Lie'
Ellen McGarrahan was a young reporter for The Miami Herald, when she witnessed an execution that went horribly wrong. She revisits the case of Jesse Tafero in an intense new true crime book.
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In ‘Summer Brother,’ Sibling Bonding During a Season of Turmoil
In Jaap Robben’s “Summer Brother,” a 13-year-old finds himself the default caregiver for his severely disabled brother. His dad’s a swindler. The bills are due. Disaster is inevitable.
On 'The Kitchen Front,' 4 Women Cook Their Way To Victory
In Jennifer Ryan's new novel, set in England in 1942, four women from different backgrounds compete in a cooking contest with a possibly life-changing prize: The chance to cohost a BBC cooking show.
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He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway.
“Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us,” by Joseph Andras, revisits a thorny episode in the Algerian war of independence.
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