Children’s Books: Elizabeth Acevedo’s New Novel Is Literary Soul Food
“With the Fire on High,” the writer’s second novel (after her award-winning “The Poet X”), tells the story of a teenage mom who’s an aspiring chef.
'Furious Hours' Tells The Tale Of Harper Lee And Her Unfinished Work
Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama — and a still-unanswered set of crimes.
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Nonfiction: A Blundering Churchill, a Farsighted Roosevelt
Nigel Hamilton’s “War and Peace,” the third volume of his Roosevelt trilogy, takes a revisionist look at the two wartime partners.
'The Pioneers' Dives Deep Into Lives Of Northwest Territory Settlers
Like David McCullough's other books, this one succeeds because of the author's strength as a storyteller; it reads like a novel and is packed with information drawn from painstaking research.
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Fiction: In a Faux-Victorian Fantasy World, Bookbinders Capture Souls
The craftsmen in Bridget Collins’s novel “The Binding” are able to remove a person’s memories and create books full of captured experiences.
Nonfiction: ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and the Man Who Made That
“Becoming Dr. Seuss,” a new biography of Theodor Geisel by Brian Jay Jones, chronicles the famous children’s book author’s influential career, zany imagination and original rhyme schemes.
Nonfiction: What, Exactly, Do We Mean by ‘Democracy’ Anyway?
In “Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone,” Astra Taylor examines the ways, both good and bad, the concept has been defended, defined and put into practice.
Fiction: A Debut Novel Revisits a Tragedy in an Asian-American Family
Chia-Chia Lin’s “The Unpassing” is set in 1980s Alaska, but its themes — of the immigrant struggle and private grief — are universal.
In 'Rough Magic,' A Young Woman Competes In The Mongol Derby
The real drama in Lara Prior-Palmer's memoir is the interplay of power and powerlessness; she is at once dominant and entirely at the mercy of the horse, the weather, the landscape and the reader.
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'Becoming Dr. Seuss,' Reveals Theodor Geisel As A Complicated Icon
Using personal papers, telegrams, biographies, unpublished interviews and letters, author Brian Jay Jones gives readers a comprehensive view of the complex, multifaceted creator who became a giant.
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'Revenge Of The She-Punks' Sets Out To Rectify A Gender Imbalance
In a new book, punk scholar Vivien Goldman traces the formation, rise and global reach of punk rock — demonstrating women's central place within it.
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Fiction: A Novel About Surrogacy, Set at a ‘Farm’ Where the Crop Is Human Babies
In Joanne Ramos’s “The Farm,” the bodies of the less privileged “host” the unborn babies of the ultrarich.
Fiction: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ Follows a Gritty Coming-of-Age in 1980s Australia
Trent Dalton used his own biography as inspiration for his debut novel.
Fiction: Spring Cleaning, Ali Smith Style
The third novel in her seasonal quartet — consumed with Brexit, refugee detention, social media — suggests we’re hurtling toward the horrific.
'Ladysitting' Offers Candor And A Singular Take On A Tale Familiar To Many
As Lorene Cary tells the story of her Nana and the stress and sadness all too common for caregivers, it's her recounting of her upbringing and ancestry that is most engaging and captivating.
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Belonging And Betrayal Drive The Action In 'Storm Of Locusts'
The second book in Rebecca Roanhorse's Navajo-influenced Sixth World series pits monsterslayer Maggie Hoskie against a villain whose sense of betrayal drives his plan to drown the world he knows.
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Nonfiction: The True-Crime Story That Harper Lee Tried and Failed to Write
In “Furious Hours,” Casey Cep investigates the Alabama murder case that was to have been the focus of Lee’s second book — as well as the famously reclusive writer herself, plumbing the mystery of her 50-year silence.
Falling In Love With Love In 'Brief Chronicle Of Another Stupid Heartbreak'
Adi Alsaid's new novel follows a teen romance columnist whose senior-year breakup has resulted in a raging case of writer's block. It's a beautiful illustration of the raw nerves that come with love.
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Fiction: Relive the ’60s Counterculture in ‘Revolutionaries’
Joshua Furst’s second novel tells the story of a radical from the perspective of his son.
Nonfiction: Inside the Elite World of National Spelling Bee Competitors
Shalini Shankar’s “Beeline” explores the stakes of these intense, “brain-sport” championships on Generation Z.
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