Staying At Home? Check Into Emily St. John Mandel's Haunting 'Glass Hotel'
The author of Station Eleven weaves together stories of a hotel worker and an ultra-wealthy con man in a novel that captures how precarious life is — in a way that feels particularly resonant now.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Hawaii of ‘Sharks in the Time of Saviors’ Is Modern, Yet Mystical
Kawai Strong Washburn’s debut novel envisions an archipelago of Indigenous peoples who refuse to be erased.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Ann Patchett on Why We Need Life-Changing Books Right Now
The novelist Ann Patchett doesn’t have children and didn’t read middle-grade books. Then she picked up one by Kate DiCamillo and couldn’t stop until she’d read them all.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Box of Secrets Led to the Story of Her Father’s Painful Wartime Past
Ariana Neumann’s father had nightmares and an ID card in a different name. In her memoir, “When Time Stopped,” she unspools the past he kept hidden for so long.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
No Fan of Sports, a Graphic Novelist Learns to Follow the Bouncing Ball
In “Dragon Hoops,” Gene Luen Yang intercuts the thrilling wins and crushing losses of one high school team with basketball’s own turbulent history.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Uncovering The Secrets Of A Fallen Ruler In 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune'
Nghi Vo's new novel is poised at the end of one empire and the beginning of another, as a cleric and their talking-bird assistant set about uncovering the dangerous secrets of a forgotten palace.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
How a College Final Became a Lesson in Survival
When Covid-19 struck, Stanford closed its classrooms. The novelist Daniel Mason turned his students’ last assignment into an exercise for staying well.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From the Archives: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin
Whitehead discusses “The Underground Railroad,” and Toobin talks about “American Heiress.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Courage inside a Brooklyn hospital. A husband’s illness. Learning to swim. The survivors of Thalidomide. C.E.O.s are just like us — logged on from the laundry room. And more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A 12-Year-Old Gymnast Heals After a Coach’s Sexual Abuse
Helped by a raft of strong women, the heroine of Kate Messner’s “Chirp” reclaims the parts of her childhood she’s not ready to leave behind.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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