Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘The Curse of the Marquis de Sade,’ by Joel Warner

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 5:00am

A new book by Joel Warner traces the fate of the parchment on which the infamous author wrote “120 Days of Sodom,” a trail involving scholars, aristocrats and thieves — and lots of money.

Book Review: ‘True Life,’ by Adam Zagajewski

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 5:00am

“True Life,” a collection of verse by the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, arrives in English translation almost exactly two years after his death.

Book Review: ‘Sink: A Memoir,’ by Joseph Earl Thomas

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 5:00am

Joseph Earl Thomas’s remarkable debut, “Sink,” recounts the coming-of-age of a young man for whom poverty, violence, drug abuse and racism were simply facts of daily life.

Book Review: ‘Trust the Plan,’ by Will Sommer, Examines QAnon

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 5:00am

“Trust the Plan,” by Will Sommer, tracks the emergence of a bizarre movement from the wastewaters of the internet.

Book Review: ‘I Have Some Questions for You,’ by Rebecca Makkai

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 02/20/2023 - 5:00am

In “I Have Some Questions for You,” Rebecca Makkai dispatches her protagonist to a remote campus to teach — and seek justice.

Book Review: ‘Homestead,’ by Melinda Moustakis

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 02/19/2023 - 5:00am

In her debut novel, “Homestead,” Melinda Moustakis follows a stoic pair as they build a life on unfamiliar, unforgiving soil.

Book Review: ‘Zig-Zag Boy,’ by Tanya Frank

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 02/18/2023 - 5:00am

In her memoir, “Zig-Zag Boy,” Tanya Frank looks back on her son’s epic struggle with schizoaffective disorder.

International Literature: Lush Landscapes, Hazy Memories

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/17/2023 - 2:01pm

New books from Kevin Jared Hosein, Pilar Quintana, Nona Fernández and Patrick Modiano.

Book Review Podcast: Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/17/2023 - 12:56pm

A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role, and a look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding.

Book Review: ‘Every Man a King,’ by Walter Mosley

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 02/17/2023 - 5:00am

His new novel, “Every Man a King,” is a hard-boiled tale of billionaires, white nationalists and a detective with a complicated past.

9 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/16/2023 - 3:00pm

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

Book Review: “We Are Here,” by Tami Charles, and “An American Story,” by Kwame Alexander

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/16/2023 - 5:00am

In separate works, Tami Charles and Kwame Alexander tell a story not of Black America but of America, of a history we all must own.

He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/16/2023 - 5:00am

Siddharth Kara witnessed “utterly subhuman degradation” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he wrote about it.

By the Book Interview: Rebecca Makkai

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 02/16/2023 - 5:00am

“Not a generically boring office job, but something terribly specific that we don’t normally get to hear about,” says the author, whose new book is “I Have Some Questions for You.” “I want to enjoy a novel and at the same time learn everything about eel fishing or asbestos removal or typewriter repair.”

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Libraries Are Meeting the Needs of Their Communities With More Than Books

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 02/14/2023 - 7:23am

The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence.

Atlantic County Library System

Book Review: ‘The Curse of the Marquis de Sade,’ by Joel Warner

Book Review: ‘True Life,’ by Adam Zagajewski

Book Review: ‘Sink: A Memoir,’ by Joseph Earl Thomas

Book Review: ‘Trust the Plan,’ by Will Sommer, Examines QAnon

Book Review: ‘I Have Some Questions for You,’ by Rebecca Makkai

Book Review: ‘Homestead,’ by Melinda Moustakis

Book Review: ‘Zig-Zag Boy,’ by Tanya Frank

International Literature: Lush Landscapes, Hazy Memories

Book Review Podcast: Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding

Book Review: ‘Every Man a King,’ by Walter Mosley

9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Book Review: “We Are Here,” by Tami Charles, and “An American Story,” by Kwame Alexander

He Needed a Big Megaphone, So He Wrote a Best Seller

By the Book Interview: Rebecca Makkai

Newly Published, From Quiet Poems to Climate Migrants

Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?

Is the Marriage Between Democracy and Capitalism on the Rocks?

Book Review: ‘Dangerous Love,’ by Ben Okri

Want to be a writer? This bleak but buoyant guide says to get used to rejection

Libraries Are Meeting the Needs of Their Communities With More Than Books

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