Weike Wang’s Antisocial Novel, ‘Joan Is Okay’
The author of “Chemistry” returns with a wry and awkward heroine who prefers the company of machines to her fellow humans.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Chinese Language Revolution
Jing Tsu talks about “Kingdom of Characters,” and Kathryn Schulz discusses “Lost and Found.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Joan Is Okay,' explores the meaning of home, having roots
By exploring the spectrum of commitment in this book, and in her debut novel Chemistry, Weike Wang has shown us myriad ways to build a sense of home, myriad ways to feel okay in our skin.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Two Novelists, Avi and Brian Farrey, Use Fiction to Show Kids Why Facts Matter
“Loyalty” and “The Counterclockwise Heart” — set in 1774 Boston and a fairy-tale kingdom divided against itself — explore how misinformation stokes fear and incites violence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Four New Crime Novels
Stephen Hunter’s new novel, “Targeted,” features the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger — who’s still a crack shot — in his 12th adventure.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache
Fiction by Mina Seçkin, Lisa Harding, Neel Patel and Renée Branum tells of transnational family and loss.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘Harlem Shadows’ and ‘The Black Church’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Seeking Enlightenment, He Disappeared Into a Hiker’s Bermuda Triangle
In “Lost in the Valley of Death,” Harley Rustad follows the long and winding road that led Justin Alexander Shetler to India’s Parvati Valley.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Heroic Outcasts Who Reshaped America
James R. Gaines’s “The Fifties” describes a decade when opposition to a stifling national consensus was costly and courageous.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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