9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Roald Dahl Museum Calls Author’s Racism ‘Undeniable and Indelible’
A museum in England devoted to the best-selling children’s author, who died in 1990, condemned his antisemitic views.
When It Comes to Death, Hadley Vlahos Tells It Like It Is
A new book by a hospice nurse helps readers wrap their minds around — and perhaps make peace with — the great unknown.
Book Review: ‘King of the Armadillos,’ by Wendy Chin-Tanner
In her debut novel, “King of the Armadillos,” Wendy Chin-Tanner explores immigration, illness and opportunity through the story of a teenage immigrant who is diagnosed with Hansen’s disease.
Book Review: ‘The Nenoquich,’ by Henry Bean
Henry Bean’s first novel, reissued as “The Nenoquich,” follows a young writer in Berkeley through a transformative affair.
Interview: Richard Russo Misses the Purity of Childhood Reading
“When you become a writer, you inevitably lose your innocence as a reader,” says the Pulitzer-winning novelist, whose new book is “Somebody’s Fool.” “It’s like being given the underground tour of Disney World. Some of the magic dissipates.”
Poem: The Desert
Brandon Shimoda wrote this short poem after encountering a lost migrant in the Arizona desert.
In 'Silver Nitrate,' a cursed film propels 2 childhood friends to the edges of reality
Set in Mexico City in 1993, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest novel is steeped in cinematic history and lore, as well an eerie well of myth that recalls H.P. Lovecraft, albeit in a more progressive form.
(Image credit: Del Rey)
Sultry New Romance Books
The tropes may be familiar in these romance novels — fake dating, falling for a celebrity — but the books themselves are fresh and beguiling.
Book Review: ‘Girls and Their Monsters,’ by Audrey Clare Farley
“Girls and Their Monsters,” by Audrey Clare Farley, recounts the tragic story of the Genain sisters, seeing the subjects at the crossroads of psychiatric and societal forces.
Four Sultry New Romance Novels
The tropes may be familiar in these romance novels — fake dating, falling for a celebrity — but the books themselves are fresh and beguiling.
Read Your Way Through Salvador
The writer Itamar Vieira Junior says that to “feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador” in Bahia, Brazil, a reader must start with Jorge Amado.
Newly Published, From a Bayou Thriller to Drugs in America
A selection of recently published books.
Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71
An entertainment journalist, he persuaded the publicity-shy director David Lean to let him write his story and died before seeing his final book, on Stephen Sondheim, published.
Buyouts and Layoffs Hit Penguin Random House
Departing employees include veteran editors who oversaw best sellers and prizewinning books by Anne Rice, Joan Didion and Amor Towles.
Book Review: ‘Small Worlds,’ by Caleb Azumah Nelson
In Caleb Azumah Nelson’s new novel, “Small Worlds,” a young South Londoner manages pressures from his family and community.
Book Review: ‘Little Poems,’ Edited by Michael Hennessy
A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse.
Book Reviews: “The Fourth Turning is Here,” by Neil Howe and “End Times,” By Peter Turchin
In “The Fourth Turning Is Here” and “End Times,” the historian Neil Howe and the social scientist Peter Turchin use generational analysis and Big Data to predict the crises to come.
Book Review: ‘Encounterism,’ by Andy Field
Conceived before the pandemic, Andy Field’s ode to sharing space in person glosses over the ways our everyday habits seem to have changed for good.
'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets
The playful second book in the author's Harlem Trilogy shows Ray Carney scheming how to get his teenage daughter into the concert of her dreams. Alarming capers ensue.
(Image credit: PenguinRandomHouse)
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