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Book Review: “The Brain in Search of Itself,” by Benjamin Ehrlich

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 06/22/2022 - 5:35pm

Benjamin Ehrlich’s “The Brain in Search of Itself” is a lovingly crafted biography of the Spanish scientist (and artist, and hypnotist) who showed us what our brains are made of.

Review: “Resistance: The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945,” by Halik Kochanski

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 06/22/2022 - 5:00am

Halik Kochanski’s “Resistance” traces the underground opposition to the Nazis across the continent of Europe.

Newly Published, From Cookie Stores to Jean Rhys

NY Times Book Reviews - Wed, 06/22/2022 - 5:00am

A selection of books published this week.

Book Review: “The Long Answer,” by Anna Hogeland

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 4:20pm

Anna Hogeland’s debut novel, “The Long Answer,” grapples with the many forms motherhood takes, and doesn’t take.

Book Review: “Learning to Talk,” by Hilary Mantel

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 10:40am

In the world of Hilary Mantel’s “Learning to Talk,” childhood can be a dangerous place.

Book Review: “Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy,” by Katherine Angel

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 10:32am

Katherine Angel’s essay collection “Daddy Issues” examines our often prurient fascination with the dynamic, and that fascination’s inherent misogyny.

Review: ‘Even the Darkest Night,’ by Javier Cercas

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 8:09am

In Javier Cercas’s novel “Even the Darkest Night,” a classic whodunit gives way to an origin story.

Review: ‘Alindarka’s Children,’ by Alhierd Bacharevic

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 8:03am

How did the translators of “Alindarka’s Children,” by Alhierd Bacharevic, preserve the power dynamics between the book’s original languages?

'An Immense World' dives deep into the umwelt of animals

NPR Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 7:39am

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

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Review: ‘A Year to the Day,’ by Robin Benway

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 5:00am

Robin Benway’s new book, “A Year to the Day,” explores death and loss, but in reverse.

Book Review: “Tree Thieves,” by Lyndsie Bourgon

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 5:00am

Lyndsie Bourgon’s “Tree Thieves” casts the American environmental movement in all its complexity.

Book Review: ‘Lapvona,’ by Ottessa Moshfegh

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 5:00am

Ottessa Moshfegh’s fifth novel, “Lapvona,” is set in a corrupt fiefdom plagued by drought, famine and, well, plague.

Building Back Better — One Community at a Time

NY Times Book Reviews - Tue, 06/21/2022 - 5:00am

Michelle Wilde Anderson’s “The Fight to Save the Town” highlights four places where citizens have come together to combat urban decline.

The Life of Jean Rhys, a Uniquely Brilliant and Thorny Writer

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 06/20/2022 - 1:35pm

Miranda Seymour’s “I Used to Live Here Once” is a biography of the author of “Wide Sargasso Sea,” who had a talent for facing hard truths.

Review: “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden,” Zhuqing Li

NY Times Book Reviews - Mon, 06/20/2022 - 5:00am

Zhuqing Li’s “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden” tells the story of a family ripped apart by the Communist victory in China.

Review: “The Desperate Hours,” Marie Brenner

NY Times Book Reviews - Sun, 06/19/2022 - 5:00am

Marie Brenner’s “The Desperate Hours” looks at how health care workers dealt with the perils of Covid.

Book Review: “The Catch” by Alison Fairbrother

NY Times Book Reviews - Sat, 06/18/2022 - 5:00am

In Alison Fairbrother’s debut novel, “The Catch,” a grieving daughter is determined to get to the bottom of a baffling inheritance.

Jackie, Before Marrying Jack

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 06/17/2022 - 12:08pm

Elisabeth Egan talks about Louis Bayard’s “Jackie & Me,” and Matthew Schneier discusses Paula Byrne’s biography of Barbara Pym.

“Golden Ticket” by Kate Egan

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 06/17/2022 - 11:58am

A quiz bowl winner and students at an elite music camp struggle to figure out who they really are in novels by Kate Egan and Mariama J. Lockington.

New in Paperback: Dana Spiotta and Juan Gonzalez

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 06/17/2022 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

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