Book News: A New Novel From the Late Sam Shepard to Be Published in December
Knopf will publish “Spy of the First Person,” which the actor and playwright wrote in the final months of his life.
'A Line In The Dark' Is A Fresh Approach To The Teen Thriller
Malinda Lo's new book sets up a classic conflict — townie kids versus prep schoolers — and adds nuanced queer characters. Despite a flawed second half, A Line in the Dark has much to offer.
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Not Much To 'Smile' About In Roddy Doyle's Intense New Novel
The Irish novelist is known for his sense of humor — but his latest, about a man abused in his youth by Catholic priests, is distressing and at times almost unbearable. It's also his best book yet.
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Not Much To 'Smile' About In Roddy Doyle's Intense New Novel
The Irish novelist is known for his sense of humor — but his latest, about a man abused in his youth by Catholic priests, is distressing and at times almost unbearable. It's also his best book yet.
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Nonfiction: Stalinist Crimes in Ukraine That Resonate Today
In “Red Famine,” Anne Applebaum shines a light on clashing nationalisms in a richly detailed account of the 20th-century Soviet republic’s great famine.
Further Reading: Stalin, Hitler and the Temptations of Totalitarianism
Strobe Talbott on Alan Bullock’s “Hitler and Stalin” and Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny,” which span the arc of the Russian Revolution to the present.
Book News: George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
Mr. Saunders is the second consecutive American writer to win the Man Booker Prize.
'Death In The Air' Revisits 5 Days When London Was Choked By Poisonous Smog
Kate Winkler Dawson's new book chronicles The Great Smog of 1952, when moist air from the Gulf Stream stalled for days over London, mixing with poisonous gases and causing more than 12,000 deaths.
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Books of The Times: A Graphic Novelist’s Passionate Anatomy of New York
Julia Wertz’s majestic portrait of the city is a collection of dramatic streetscapes and hidden histories.
Tom Hanks Lays Out A Kinder, Gentler World In 'Uncommon Type'
Tom Hanks' well-documented obsession with typewriters is on display in his new story collection, tales linked not just by typewriters but by a benign, humane view of people and their many foibles.
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Nonfiction: ‘Riot Days’: A Memoir of Punk Protest and Prison Activism
Maria Alyokhina, a member of Pussy Riot, tells her story in her prison memoir.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: Seeking Poems That Bridge Humankind’s Worlds
Collections of verse, from the prizewinning to the more obscure, that explore themes of nature, science and psychology.
Further Reading: Condoleezza Rice on the 10 Days Still Shaking the World
On the centenary of the October Revolution, the former secretary of state writes about the books that best help us understand Russia.
Books of The Times: The Life of Oriana Fallaci, Guerrilla Journalist
Fallaci, whose interviews got the better of famous figures from Henry Kissinger to Muammar el-Qaddafi, is the subject of a new biography.
Book News: Is Trump Imitating Fiction? Or Is Fiction Imitating Trump?
A new thriller, “To Kill the President,” has readers calling the author Nostradamus.
Children’s Books: A Stunning Middle-Grade Debut Novel about Grief and Growing Up
The young protagonist of David Barclay Moore’s “The Stars Beneath Our Feet” harnesses the power of community — and Legos — to rebuild his ravaged world.
Further Reading: Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution
The Russian Revolution was imposed from above, but its tragedy was experienced from below. Amis provides a reading list for the decades that followed.
Fiction: In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life
In “The Red-Haired Woman,” Pamuk traces the disastrous effects of a Turkish teenager’s brief encounter with a married actress.
'Skinful Of Shadows' Delights Without Reservation
Frances Hardinge's captivating tale follows a girl during the English Civil War who discovers she has the power to invite ghosts into herself — a power that puts her in danger, but can also save her.
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'Lady Killers:' Cherchez La Femme Fatale
An FBI investigator once famously said "There are no female serial killers," but Tori Telfer sets out to prove him wrong with this gruesome new account of multiply-murderous women throughout history.
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