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Q. & A.: The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 6:54pm

The author’s early draft of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” featured a black protagonist who gets trapped inside a chocolate mold. Was it racial stereotyping, or something more complicated?

Open Book: Of God and War

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 11:47am

Sarah Sentilles’s “Draw Your Weapons” ranges widely through issues of photographic representation, theology, empathy, activism and pacifism.

Inside the List: Thanks, Trump! Katy Tur Sees a Renaissance in Journalism

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 11:44am

The NBC reporter, who has a best-selling campaign book with “Unbelievable,” says that the president’s scorn has “revitalized the fourth estate.”

Nonfiction: A True Tale of Drug Cartels, Money Laundering and Horse Racing

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

In “Bones,” by Joe Tone, the divergent lives of two brothers — a bricklayer in Texas and a cartel boss in Mexico — converge on the racetrack.

Stamp Notes: ‘The Snowy Day’ Captured in New Stamp Series

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

A new run of “Forever” stamps will feature scenes from Ezra Jack Keats’s classic children’s tale.

Paperback Row: Paperback Row

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Reviews in Pictures: Harry Bliss on Norman Douglas’s ‘South Wind’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

The 1917 novel from the British travel writer uses landscape as character.

Nonfiction: Writing Lines for Obama, Mixing Comedy and Hope

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

In his memoir “Thanks, Obama,” the speechwriter David Litt recalls coming of age at the White House.

The Shortlist: How We Make Up Our Minds

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

Four books about the mechanics of decision making.

Fiction: In ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing,’ a Haunted Road Trip to Prison

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

Jesmyn Ward’s follow-up to “Salvage the Bones” tells the story of a woman intent on making her fractured family whole again.

Author’s Note: Marilynne Robinson on Finding the Right Word

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

The author of “Gilead” and “Housekeeping” reflects on Emily Dickinson, expanding the mind and writing into the unknown.

Letters to the Editor

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 09/22/2017 - 5:00am

Readers respond to Greek myths, a cover illustration and more.

Editors' Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week

NY Times Book Reviews - Thu, 09/21/2017 - 9:26pm

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In 'The Ninth Hour,' A Tonic For The Ills Of The World

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 09/21/2017 - 10:00am

Alice McDermott's new novel immerses readers in the homely details of Irish Catholic Brooklyn in the early decades of the 20th century, but also addresses bigger, universal questions of love and life.

(Image credit: Christina Ascani/NPR)

In 'The Twelve-Mile Straight,' Characters Are Symbols First, People Second

NPR Book Reviews - Thu, 09/21/2017 - 7:01am

Eleanor Henderson's novel, set in 1930s Georgia, seeks to portray a time when "slavery was over, but not past," says our reviewer. But a lack of nuance keeps its characters from emerging as individuals.

(Image credit: Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR)

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Q. & A.: The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl’s ‘Black Charlie’

Open Book: Of God and War

Inside the List: Thanks, Trump! Katy Tur Sees a Renaissance in Journalism

Nonfiction: A True Tale of Drug Cartels, Money Laundering and Horse Racing

Stamp Notes: ‘The Snowy Day’ Captured in New Stamp Series

Paperback Row: Paperback Row

Sketchbook | Graphic Review: Reviews in Pictures: Harry Bliss on Norman Douglas’s ‘South Wind’

Nonfiction: Writing Lines for Obama, Mixing Comedy and Hope

The Shortlist: How We Make Up Our Minds

Fiction: In ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing,’ a Haunted Road Trip to Prison

Author’s Note: Marilynne Robinson on Finding the Right Word

Letters to the Editor

Editors' Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week

In 'The Ninth Hour,' A Tonic For The Ills Of The World

In 'The Twelve-Mile Straight,' Characters Are Symbols First, People Second

Nonfiction: ‘Streampunks’ Serves Up YouTube’s Greatest Hits

Nonfiction: When the Governments of the World Agreed to Banish War

By the Book: Celeste Ng: By the Book

Newsbook: For Hispanic Heritage Month, 3 Books on Latinos in the U.S.

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