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Stashed in the Marsh, Left in the Road: Victims Pile Up in Four New Crime Novels

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 11:37am

By Marilyn Stasio

In Marilyn Stasio’s latest column, the body count is high and the murderers more cunning than ever.

A Civil War, Then the Long Limbo of Life as a Refugee

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 7:16am

By Alan Gratz

In Victoria Jamieson’s “When Stars Are Scattered,” a Somali boy pines for his mother and cares for his little brother with hope and humor during 15 years in a refugee camp.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Good Looks Ran in the Family. So Did Schizophrenia.

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 5:00am

By Sam Dolnick

In “Hidden Valley Road,” Robert Kolker unspools the story of Mimi and Don Galvin and their 12 children, six of whom developed schizophrenia.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

New in Paperback: ‘The Other Americans’ and ‘Bringing Down the Colonel’

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 5:00am

By Jennifer Krauss

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Three New Books Explore the Machinery of the Mind

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 5:00am

By Christine Kenneally

John Kay and Mervyn King’s “Radical Uncertainty,” Stanislas Dehaene’s “How We Learn” and Anthony David’s “Into the Abyss” plumb the depths of the brain.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Freddy the Pig and the Electoral College: Readers Respond

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 5:00am

Letters to the editor of the Sunday Book Review.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Love ‘Tiger King’? You’ll Love These Books, Too

Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 5:30pm

By Tina Jordan, Elisabeth Egan and Joumana Khatib

Dip into a bizarre true-crime chronicle or a novel that evokes the campy, oddball world of the Netflix documentary series.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 1:25pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

In 'Hurricane Season,' Words Swirl Wild And Dark

Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 7:00am

By Gabino Iglesias

Fernanda Melchor's poetic, foul-mouthed new novel sits on the border between crime fiction and horror: A woman known as the Witch has been murdered, and her neighbors want to know who did it and why/

(Image credit: New Directions)

Source: NPR Book Reviews

Looking for a Book to Read With Your Family?

Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 6:10am

By Elisabeth Egan

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” will spark lively conversation among people who have run out of things to say.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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