Fiction: This New York Love Story Subverts Its ‘Happily Ever After’
“The Changeling,” by Victor LaValle, is a dark fairy tale of a father’s frantic quest through New York City.
Graceful 'Hollow' Is Solid All The Way Through
The title of Owen Egerton's new novel refers — mostly — to the old fable that the earth is hollow. But there's nothing hollow about this suspenseful tale of a religion professor's fall and rise.
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For July, 3 Romance Heroines Who Want It All
So many romances explore what we'd do for love — but as summer heats up we're bringing you three heroines who'd do a lot for love, and even more to keep their business ventures going.
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In 'Meddling Kids,' The Scooby Gang Grows Up — Hard
Edgar Cantero's head-kick of a novel about damaged adults who used to be spunky kid detectives mixes bright, pulpy cartoon nostalgia with some seriously dark trauma-survivor subtext.
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Nonfiction: Roxane Gay on the Traumas of the Body
At its simplest, the memoir “Hunger” is about being overweight in a fat-phobic world. But it’s much more besides.
Audiobooks: What (Books) to Listen to This Summer
The Times’s book critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review recommend some great audiobooks for summertime.
Open Book: Star-Struck
Julie Klam’s new book is a mostly lighthearted and far-ranging look at our obsession with celebrities.
The Book Review Podcast: The World of Jane Austen Fans
Deborah Yaffe talks about “Among the Janeites,” and Robert Ferguson discusses “Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North.”
Inside the List: Imagining the Love Between a Master Hacker and a Fed
The veteran romance writer Julie Garwood turns to computer crime in her latest novel, “Wired,” new on the hardcover fiction list at No. 7.
Children’s Books: Big Concepts for Little Minds
Five new books for babies and newly independent readers illustrate the philosophical and the existential.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Don Winslow’s By the Book, Miranda Seymour’s review of Mary Thorp’s diary and more.
Children’s Books: Two New Novels Evoke the Past and the Future of Fantasy Stories
A.F. Harrold’s “The Song From Somewhere Else” and James Nicol’s “The Apprentice Witch” play with world-building for middle-grade readers.
The Shortlist: New Novels Depict Valiant Women of Old America
Three new novels dealing with history and heroines.
The Enthusiast: Joan Aiken’s Spinoffs and Sequels Finish the Stories Jane Austen Never Told
In five companion novels that she called her “Austen entertainments,” Aiken gave second chapters to some of Austen’s most intriguing characters.
Paperback Row: Paperback Row
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Otherworldly: Pirates, Drugs and Time Travel: The Best of New Science Fiction and Fantasy
N.K. Jemisin reviews new sci-fi and fantasy adventures by K.J Parker, Nicky Drayden, Brenda Cooper, and Steven R. Boyett and Ken Mitchroney.
Editors’ Choice: 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Fiction: A Comic Novel of Infidelity Grapples With Sex and Money
Matthew Klam’s debut novel, “Who Is Rich?,” tells the tale of a conflicted adulterer.
Bookshelf: Set in New York, Fit for the Hammock
“The Gargoyle Hunters” by John Freeman Gill is one of several new books featuring New York City as a backdrop.
Newsbook: 3 Books Take a Deeper Look at the Opioid Epidemic
Two books help explain the opiate abuse crisis and how we may resolve it, while a novel shows the havoc addiction can wreak.
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