Newly Published, From Bottled Wishes to Norman Mailer
A selection of recently published books.
Book Review: ‘Against the World,’ by Tara Zahra
In “Against the World,” the historian Tara Zahra examines the promise of liberal internationalism in its early days — and the resentments and suffering it continues to incite.
Book Review: ‘After Sappho,’ by Selby Wynn Schwartz
“After Sappho,” Selby Wynn Schwartz’s debut novel, considers the lives of women artists and intellectuals at the turn of the 20th century.
Book Review: ‘This Other Eden,’ by Paul Harding
In his latest novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding reimagines the history of a small mixed-race community’s devastating eviction from their homes.
Book Review: ‘The Chinese Groove,’ by Kathryn Ma.
In Kathryn Ma’s new novel, “The Chinese Groove,” an overly optimistic Chinese man migrates to America to find connection and success. It doesn’t go as planned.
Review: ‘Children of the State’ by Jeff Hobbs
“Children of the State” immerses the author Jeff Hobbs in the world of three American institutions. What he discovers is an open question.
Book Review: ‘Pirate Enlightenment: Or the Real Libertalia,’ by David Graeber
In his last book, the iconoclastic anthropologist David Graeber considers evidence that maritime outlaws created utopian political communities on the island in the Indian Ocean.
Book Review: ‘The Birthday Party,’ by Lauren Mauvignier
Laurent Mauvignier’s “The Birthday Party” is a thriller with an intense focus on its characters’ interior worlds.
Review: “Cobalt Red” by Siddarth Kara
Siddharth Kara’s “Cobalt Red” takes a deep dive into the horrors of mining the valuable mineral — and the many who benefit from others’ suffering.
Book Review: ‘The Guest Lecture,’ by Martin Riker
Martin Riker’s novel “The Guest Lecture” details a tortured night inside the head of a young economist.
Book Review: ‘Black and Female,’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga
The essays in “Black and Female” recount the Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker’s life in the context of colonialism and its aftermaths.
Closing the Book on Promises to Myself
This year’s resolution: No more worrying about all the volumes I know I’ll never read.
Book Review: ‘The World and All That It Holds,’ by Aleksandar Hemon
In the postmodernist novel “The World and All That It Holds,” a Sephardi pharmacist falls in love with a Bosnian soldier as war breaks out in Sarajevo and beyond.
It Takes a (Book) Village
Book lovers and entrepreneurs have built a community centered on literature in upstate New York.
New Crime Fiction
In Jane Harper’s new book, “Exiles,” set in a small Australian town, a 39-year-old woman disappears from a wine festival — but her infant daughter is found in her stroller, unharmed.
Book Review: ‘The Great Escape,’ by Saket Soni
In “The Great Escape,” Saket Soni, a labor organizer, recounts the ordeal faced by hundreds of Indian workers who were lured to this country on false promises of green cards and sorely mistreated.
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Teaching Writing to Retirees Helped Ana Reyes Stay Focused
As she worked on her debut novel, the author of “The House in the Pines” found inspiration in a classroom.
‘Vile,’ ‘Deplorable,’ ‘Full of Lies’: Aleksandar Hemon Is No Fan of Philip Roth
“Roth’s steadfast commitment to the many privileges of male whiteness reliably repels me,” says Hemon, whose new novel is “The World and All That It Holds.” “I also dislike a lot of recent books, but I don’t wish to name them.”
Review: ‘How to Sell a Haunted House,’ by Grady Hendrix
His “stumpy fabric legs” and “little nubbin arms” may seem innocuous, but Pupkin — the star of Grady Hendrix’s new novel, “How to Sell a Haunted House” — is a killer.
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