Fiction: Fissures Splinter a Family’s Suburban Facade
In this dark, seething debut, 13-year-old Colin struggles to come to terms with his father’s suicide and his own sexuality.
Children’s Books: In Y.A., Where Has All the Good Sex Gone?
In the 1970s, books like Judy Blume’s “Forever” showed teenagers that sex was natural and pleasurable. Now it’s more often a danger zone. What happened?
Self-Helped: How One Book Changed My Relationship With Money
The nine-step money-management system in “Your Money or Your Life” allowed both its writers to retire early.
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
For February, 3 Swooningly Romantic Reads
As Valentine's day approaches, we bring you three novels that take ideas of romance far beyond flowers and chocolate — from a wicked wager with a hot rogue to a fake date that turns into real love.
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'The Line Becomes A River' Chronicles Life In The Border Patrol
Francisco Cantú's new book about his years in the Border Patrol combines brutal personal reminiscences with detached academic interludes, a dreamlike narrative halfway between memoir and tone poem.
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Fiction: Strangers in the Night, Exchanging Genre Conventions
Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Sunburn,” draws its inspiration from 1940s noir like “Double Indemnity.”
Nonfiction: Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love
In “The Kiss,” Brian Turner collects musings on all aspects of the act, from the romantic to the familial to the tragic.
Essay: Good Paperback Vibrations
What one reader learned about sex from the best-selling novels of his childhood.
'Self-Portrait With Boy' Explores The Narcissistic Ambition That Fuels Success
An artist's photograph of a young boy's death leads to a terrible dilemma in Rachel Lyon's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls the book a "striking debut."
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Immortality, Sadness And Drinking With Shakespeare In 'How To Stop Time'
Matt Haig's new novel isn't exactly about time travel — it's about a slow-aging man who travels through time just by staying alive for centuries. And yes, he meets Shakespeare (who has bad breath).
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Nonfiction: A Recovering Sex and Porn Addict Tells All
Erica Garza’s debut memoir, “Getting Off,” reveals a path to rehabilitation that is equal parts sordid and inspiring.
Nonfiction: A Young Wife Toys With Adultery
In Molly McCloskey’s novel “Straying,” a feckless American marries into an Irish family, then looks for love elsewhere.
Fiction: A Marriage Upended, a Life Destroyed
In Tayari Jones’s new novel, “An American Marriage,” a newlywed black attorney is wrongly convicted of rape.
By the Book: Tayari Jones: By the Book
The novelist Tayari Jones keeps a Bible even though she was raised without religion: “I’ve come to understand that, as a black Southerner, I am a Christian, whether I am observant or not.”
From Bieber To Buber, 'Feel Free' Mixes High And Low With A Generous Spirit
Reading Zadie Smith's big-hearted, eloquent new essay collection is a lot like hanging out with a friend who's just as at home with pop stars as she is with philosophers.
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'I Am' Living Life To The Fullest, Despite Its Perils
Maggie O'Farrell's first book of nonfiction is a memoir — by turns thrilling and agonizing — of all of her brushes with death. And there have been many, from childhood illness to deadly riptides.
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Fiction: Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion
In “Fire Sermon,” the author of the story collection “I Want to Show You More” describes a married woman’s love affair.
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On a Feminist Revolution
Peggy Orenstein reviews “Buzz” and “Vibrator Nation,” two new books about the history and significance of sex toys.
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