Book Reviews

Children’s Books: A Novel Set in the Amazon, Harking Back to Classic Survival Stories

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:14pm

In Katherine Rundell’s “The Explorer,” four kids must find their way out of the jungle after a plane crash, stoking young readers’ dreams and anxieties: What if there were no parents? Could I eat a grub if I had to?

Children’s Books: A Warmhearted, Multiracial Update to the Classic Big-Family Novel

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 4:11pm

In Karina Yan Glaser’s “The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street,” a family — five children, two parents, three pets — may be forced to leave their beloved Harlem brownstone in this charming debut.

The Book Review Podcast: Marilyn Stasio on True Crime

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 12:30pm

Stasio discusses new books about real crimes, and Dave Eggers talks about his two new illustrated books.

Sketchbook | Graphic Review: An Illustrated Homage to ‘D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:05am

George O’Connor revisits the classic graphic tome of Greek mythology.

Inside the List: The Romance Writer Who Almost Lost Her Home to California’s Wildfires

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:05am

Bella Andre, who began her fiction career with a series about wilderness firefighters, had to evacuate her wine country house as the flames drew near.

Paperback Row

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Nonfiction: A Tour of the World in Cremations and Cadavers

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Caitlin Doughty, an American undertaker, discovers the diversity of death practices around the globe in order to reform funereal rites at home.

Nonfiction: A Quarter of a Century Behind Bars, for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Alex Kotlowitz reviews Benjamin Rachlin’s “Ghost of the Innocent Man,” which tells the story of Willie J. Grimes, wrongfully convicted of sexual assault.

Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: George Stade on horror fiction.

The Shortlist: Missing Persons and Messed-Up Shrinks: 4 New Suspense Novels

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Women take center stage in tense new novels featuring a missing child, a missing mother, a messed-up shrink and a murder victim who may not be dead.

Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Readers respond to Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant, and Bill Clinton’s review.

Critic’s Take: Jonathan Lethem on the Cool Disturbances of Anna Kavan’s ‘Ice’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 10/27/2017 - 5:00am

Fifty years after Kavan’s novel was first published, Lethem revisits her lucid yet anguished work, and her troubled life.

Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 10/26/2017 - 11:46am

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

'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 10/26/2017 - 7:00am

Richard Lloyd Parry looks at the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami in this brutally honest new book, which refuses to mitigate the full horror of the events with feel-good recovery stories.

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'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 10/26/2017 - 7:00am

Richard Lloyd Parry looks at the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami in this brutally honest new book, which refuses to mitigate the full horror of the events with feel-good recovery stories.

(Image credit: MCD)

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Children’s Books: A Novel Set in the Amazon, Harking Back to Classic Survival Stories

Children’s Books: A Warmhearted, Multiracial Update to the Classic Big-Family Novel

The Book Review Podcast: Marilyn Stasio on True Crime

Sketchbook | Graphic Review: An Illustrated Homage to ‘D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths’

Inside the List: The Romance Writer Who Almost Lost Her Home to California’s Wildfires

Paperback Row

Nonfiction: A Tour of the World in Cremations and Cadavers

Nonfiction: A Quarter of a Century Behind Bars, for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

The Shortlist: Missing Persons and Messed-Up Shrinks: 4 New Suspense Novels

Letters to the Editor

Critic’s Take: Jonathan Lethem on the Cool Disturbances of Anna Kavan’s ‘Ice’

Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week

'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan

'Ghosts Of The Tsunami' Examines The Disaster That Haunts Japan

Profile: Tattoos, Bieber, Black Lives Matter and Jesus

Nonfiction: Stranger Than Fiction: The Best True-Crime Stories

Nonfiction: In ‘After the Eclipse,’ a Daughter Mourns Her Murdered Mother

By the Book: Ron Chernow: By the Book

Book News: A Batch of Letters by Harper Lee Come Up for Auction

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