Nonfiction: When Excellence Is a Survival Strategy
Kiese Laymon’s memoir, “Heavy,” is a son’s unflinching portrait of a mother whose violent love and exacting expectations were meant to protect him from harm.
#9: Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote
Kirsten Gillibrand (Author), Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Kirsten Gillibrand (Author), Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Audiobooks: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explores the Symbiosis Between War and Astrophysics
In “Accessory to War,” the astrophysicist offers a history of space exploration and the ways it has been aided and abetted by warfare and its needs.
Stolen Stories: A Literary Con Man Climbs To Success In 'Ladder To The Sky'
A charismatic young writer poaches plot points from the lives of established authors in John Boyne's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls A Ladder to the Sky "erudite and ingeniously constructed."
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Nonfiction: American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away
Five new books touch on American Jewish identity and what will sustain it into the future.
For November, 3 Perfect Sweater-Weather Romances
Leaves are turning, the wind has a snap to it — it's finally fall, and we've got some great romance novels for you to cozy up with as the days get shorter and darker.
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#10: P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever
P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever
Raj Haldar (Author), Chris Carpenter (Author), Maria Beddia (Illustrator)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Raj Haldar (Author), Chris Carpenter (Author), Maria Beddia (Illustrator)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Further Reading: Christopher Lehmann-Haupt’s Most Memorable Book Reviews
From 1969 to 1995, he tackled two or three books a week, making and breaking literary careers.
'City Of Ash And Red' Will Pull You Into Its Nightmare
Hye-young Pyun's new novel, about an exterminator on a work trip to a nameless dystopian country, has overtones of Kafka, Stephen King and J.G. Ballard. It's grim, it's gross, and it's unputdownable.
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The Enthusiast: In Praise of Ann Petry
“ ‘The Street’ is my favorite type of novel, literary with an astonishing plot.”
#9: The High Performance Planner
The High Performance Planner
Brendon Burchard (Author)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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Brendon Burchard (Author)
Release Date: November 13, 2018
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New in Paperback: ‘Winter,’ ‘Ten Restaurants That Changed America’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Robert Scholes’s on Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar.”
Children’s Books: Y.A. Novels That Explore Love in Many Forms
A cross-cultural romance, a love triangle, a fake relationship and a girl in search of her birth mom in the latest realistic Y.A. fiction.
Children’s Books: Great New Children’s Books About Animals
Why do critters feature in so many memorable kids books? Novels by Sharon Creech, Carl Hiaasen and more show once again how animals help us understand the world.
Children’s Books: Picture Books to Make Your Kid — and You — Giggle and Guffaw
The latest from Jon Agee, Matthew Cordell and more present table-turning children, pants-wearing vegetables and even a touch of gastrointestinal humor.
The Book Review Podcast: Big New Biographies of Two Big American Lives
David W. Blight talks about “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” and Bob Spitz talks about “Reagan: An American Journey.”
Children’s Books: Picks of the Litter: Dog Picture Books for Every Child — and Grown-Up
Finding and losing, playing and working, caring and staying true — dog books teach us about all those things while tugging at our heartstrings.
Books News: In Her New Book, Michelle Obama Denounces Trump’s Sexism and His Promotion of the ‘Birther’ Conspiracy
In “Becoming,” she talked about suffering a miscarriage, relying on IVF to conceive and the challenges of being the first African-American first lady.
Children’s Books: Picture Book Biographies to Dazzle a Fact-Loving Child
Beautifully illustrated and closely researched, these books tell fascinating stories about heroes, unsung and otherwise.
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