Books News: Three Debut Novelists Make the National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction
Nominees include Jennifer Egan, Lisa Ko, David Grann, Kevin Young and Alarcón
Open Book: Gallery of Horrors
“Paperbacks from Hell” collects hundreds of memorable horror-fiction cover designs.
TV's Property Brothers Share Their Open Plan For Success In 'It Takes Two'
Drew and Jonathan Scott trade chapters, attempting to capture their on-camera rivalry. NPR's Linda Holmes says, "They're dunking on each other, but with Nerf balls. And a plastic hoop. At eye level."
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In 'The Pictures,' The Story Slips Out Of Focus
With The Pictures, British author Guy Bolton kicks off a mystery series set in classic-era Hollywood. He's clearly done his research on 1930s America, but sometimes all that detail obscures the story.
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Further Reading: 20 Must-Read Books on the Vietnam War
Here’s a list of essential reading — just in time for the new Ken Burns documentary — on the conflict that divided America.
Inside the List: Alice Waters’s Grilled Cheese Is Not Like Yours and Mine
In her best-selling new memoir, “Coming to My Senses,” the chef recommends a French mountain cheese and homemade sauerkraut for a childhood staple.
Fiction: A 19th-Century Smuggler in the Peruvian Andes
Natasha Pulley’s rambunctious historical novel “The Bedlam Stacks” sends a British adventurer on a magic realist mission to South America.
Fiction: In Salman Rushdie’s New Novel, the Backdrop Is the Obama Years
“The Golden House” tells the story of a billionaire patriarch and his enigmatic family after they arrive in New York.
Egos: New in Memoir: Looking for Fulfilling Work in the Gig Economy
Books on the golden age of journalism, the brave new world of internet pornography and driving for Uber.
Fiction: A Mystic Hero in Search of a ‘Beast’
The second installment of Paul Kingsnorth’s trilogy, which began with “The Wake,” follows one man’s quest for a creature and a purpose.
Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Nonfiction: A Writer Visits Latvia in Search of Her Roots
In her memoir “Among the Living and the Dead,” Inara Verzemnieks learns what happened to her family in World War II.
The Shortlist: Fiery Collections of Essays From Young Feminist Writers
Three explorations of culture as it affects what it means to be a woman.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to the value of higher education, a conversation among spies and more.
Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Salman Rushdie on importance of “global dialogue.”
Essay: After the Hurricane Winds Die Down, Larry McMurtry’s Houston Trilogy Lives On
Douglas Brinkley on the writer whose fiction has captured the boom city’s relentless appetite for growth.
In 'Forest Dark,' A Building In Israel Connects 2 Searching Souls
Nicole Krauss' new novel, Forest Dark, tells two stories concurrently: a man at the end of a financially successful life searching for meaning, and a younger woman writer searching for meaning as her marriage collapses. The only thing that connects them is a building on the other side of the world.
Editors' Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The Wind Still Blows Through The Willows — And Along 'The River Bank'
Kij Johnson works fresh magic with an old story in The River Bank, a sequel to The Wind in the Willows that introduces two new characters, Miss Mole and Miss Rabbit, but keeps the original's charm.
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It All Began With 'Adam And Eve'
In his new book, Stephen Greenblatt argues that the world wouldn't be the same without the story of Adam and Eve — the primal narrative that shapes how we think about almost everything.
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