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A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
An excerpt from “The Arsonists’ City,” by Hala Alyan
In the memoir “Model Citizen,” Joshua Mohr recounts a life of substance abuse, real love and “cheery nihilism.”
These books will help you feel less alone.
These debut authors — and their novels — will transport you to Chicago, Dublin and coastal Maine.
Three very different new novels consider the human toll of conflict.
In “The Fourth Child,” Jessica Winter conjures a complicated Buffalo clan that adopts an equally complicated second daughter from Romania.
“My Heart,” by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, is a daunting account of how existence can take a sudden turn for the worse, with memory following suit.
New books by John Lanchester, Te-Ping Chen, Jordi Nopca and Allan Gurganus follow characters in China, Spain, the United States and beyond.
Hala Alyan’s new novel, “The Arsonists’ City,” spans decades and continents, revealing the rifts and secrets of the Nasr family.
In Jackie Polzin’s debut novel, “Brood,” a woman turns to chickens for solace after loss.
Chris Whitaker’s “We Begin at the End” revolves around two deaths in a small town.
In “Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher,” Brandy Schillace introduces readers to a transplant surgeon with some strange but also forward-thinking ideas about the brain.
In “The Code Breaker,” Walter Isaacson turns to the life and work of Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel-winning scientist who has revolutionized gene editing.
The author of “Behold the Dreamers” sets her second novel in a fictional African village ravaged by an American oil conglomerate.
Samir Puri’s “The Shadows of Empire” examines how the legacies of empires remain important in the “first empire-free millennium.”
“Last Call,” by Elon Green, retraces the murders of four men by a serial killer in the 1990s, at a time when gay men felt pressured to hide their sexuality and were often the victims of homophobia.
In “Oh My Gods!” by Stephanie Cooke, Insha Fitzpatrick and Juliana Moon, the new girl gets to sit at the cool kids’ table. (Her father is Zeus.)
Unbeknown to them, a spoiled girl and an enslaved boy share an immutable connection in Laura Amy Schlitz’s “Amber & Clay.”
Radhika Jones discusses Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun,” and Mark Harris talks about “Mike Nichols: A Life.”
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