9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Amid Violence And Tragedy, A Library Brings Hope In 'The Book Collectors'
Journalist Delphine Minoui tells the true tale of a young man who refused to escape the terrors of Assad's regime in Syria, instead working with friends to make a library — a beacon of hope.
(Image credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Amid Violence And Tragedy, A Library Brings Hope In 'The Book Collectors'
Journalist Delphine Minoui tells the true tale of a young man who refused to escape the terrors of Assad's regime in Syria, instead working with friends to make a library — a beacon of hope.
(Image credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Escape to Another Century! These Historical Novels Are Your Ticket
First stop, Tudor England, then on to postwar Paris and turn-of-the-century Scotland. No passport required.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Timing, Patience and Wisdom Are the Secrets to Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Success
“Braiding Sweetgrass” took seven years to land on the best-seller list. Reader enthusiasm carried it down the homestretch.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Forgotten 1950 Classic by Ludwig Bemelmans Brings New York to Life
As his Madeline books did for Paris, “Sunshine” captures a city’s quintessence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Watery Fairy Tales
Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What if Every Time You Tried to Talk, the Words Got Stuck?
In a new picture book, “I Talk Like a River,” the Canadian poet Jordan Scott recalls his childhood struggle with stuttering.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Two Middle Grade Novels Put Endangered Wildlife Front and Center
Rosanne Parry’s “A Whale of the Wild” and Philippe Cousteau and Austin Aslan’s “The Endangereds” dive deep into the relationship between humans and nature.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Harpy' Doesn't Need Monsters To Break Up A Marriage
If you expect the heroine of Megan Hunter's new novel to turn into an actual harpy, you'll be disappointed; The Harpy is actually a quiet, slightly surreal meditation on a failing marriage.
(Image credit: Grove Press)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
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