John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90
His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon of big-name authors.
Ann Napolitano’s New Novel, “Hello Beautiful,” Is the 100th Pick of Oprah’s Book Club
Ann Napolitano toiled in obscurity for years. Novels went unpublished; agents turned her down. She found recognition with “Dear Edward.” Then came the call: “Hello Beautiful” was the 100th pick for what is arguably the most influential book club in the world.
In the Search for Latin America’s Disappeared, Memories and Evidence Entwine
In “Still Life With Bones,” the anthropologist Alexa Hagerty describes how she learned to see the dead with a forensic eye — and to listen to the living.
Book Review: ‘How to Think Like a Woman,’ by Regan Penaluna
In “How to Think Like a Woman,” Regan Penaluna, a scholar who left the field, takes it to task for its historical misogyny and persistent sexism.
Book Review: ‘Truth and Repair,’ by Judith Herman
In “Truth and Repair,” her follow-up to 1992’s “Trauma and Recovery,” the psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that healing is more than a “private, individual matter.”
Book Review: ‘Y/N,’ by Esther Yi
In Esther Yi’s weird and wondrous ‘Y/N,’ a bored young woman in thrall to a boy band buys a one-way ticket to Seoul.
Book Review: ‘The Lost Americans,’ by Christopher Bollen
In Christopher Bollen’s novel “The Lost Americans,” a New Yorker seeks answers about her brother’s sudden death abroad.
Book Review: ‘The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery’
In “The Real Work,” the longtime New Yorker staff writer dissects the process of mastering new skills by acquiring some himself.
Book Review: ‘Walking Practice,’ by Dolki Min
In Dolki Min’s debut novel, “Walking Practice,” an extraterrestrial who crash-lands on Earth shows what it means to feel out of place in one’s body and its surroundings.
Book Review: ‘Heart Sutra,’ by Yan Lianke
“Heart Sutra” focuses on faith under state control.
Why Would Someone Steal Unpublished Manuscripts?
Filippo Bernardini has been accused by the government of stealing over 1,000 book manuscripts. In court filings, he said he was motivated not by money but by a love of reading.
Review: ‘The Dog of the North,’ by Elizabeth McKenzie
In “The Dog of the North,” Elizabeth McKenzie maps the zany travels of an injury-prone clan with a hole at its center.
Book Review: ‘Playing God,’ by Mary Jo McConahay
In “Playing God,” the journalist Mary Jo McConahay argues that an alliance of extremely conservative bishops and Catholic activists is exerting a profound impact on our national politics.
Book Review: ‘Take What You Need,’ by Idra Novey
“Take What You Need,” by Idra Novey, depicts the complicated feelings of a young woman and her former stepmother, against a backdrop of artistic ambition, rural poverty and despair.
Book Review: ‘Brother & Sister Enter the Forest,’ by Richard Mirabella
In Richard Mirabella’s debut novel, “Brother & Sister Enter the Forest,” the sudden reunion of estranged siblings leads to an overdue reckoning with past trauma.
Book Review: ‘Our Best Intentions,’ by Vibhuti Jain
In Vibhuti Jain’s debut novel, “Our Best Intentions,” a bloody crime scene and a missing suspect prompt a biting examination of race, wealth and privilege in a small suburban community.
Book Review: “Kunstlers in Paradise” by Cathleen Schine
Take one 24-year-old, add a seasoned family member and introduce a pandemic. Welcome to Cathleen Schine’s new novel!
Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88
With his powerful novels and essays, Mr. Oe tried to ensure that Japan learned the lessons of its 20th-century militarism.
Book Review: ‘Poverty, by America,’ by Matthew Desmond
The new book by the sociologist and author of “Evicted” examines the persistence of want in the wealthy United States, finding that keeping some citizens poor serves the interests of many.
Book Review: ’Birnam Wood,’ by Eleanor Catton
“Birnam Wood,” by the Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, is a fast-moving ecological novel and a generational cri de coeur.
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