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The Best Crime Books of 2025 (So Far)

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:21am
By Sarah Weinman
Looking for some fictional murder and mayhem? Our columnist is keeping track of the best crime novels of 2025.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


4 Summer Books We’re Looking Forward To

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:01am
By Gilbert Cruz, Claire Hogan and Karen Hanley
Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Interview: Comic Novelist Christopher Moore on ‘Anima Rising’ and His Reading Life

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
“My favorite novel of all time” is an antidote to “Of Mice and Men,” he promises. His new book, “Anima Rising,” is a playful visit to 1911 Vienna.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Novels to Read This Summer

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson
Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


21 Nonfiction Books Coming this Summer

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson
How did streetwear become high fashion? Why are there so many serial killers in the Pacific Northwest? Prize-winning writers tackle these questions, while memoirists consider celibacy, spycraft and Erica Jong.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Tom Hanks Will Perform His Play ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Off Broadway

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 10:00am
By Michael Paulson
“This World of Tomorrow,” based on the actor’s 2017 short story collection, is scheduled to begin performances in October at the Shed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 6:00am
By Meghan Collins Sullivan

We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Book Review: “The Doorman,” by Chris Pavone

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:02am
By Sarah Lyall
In Chris Pavone’s new novel, “The Doorman,” the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


“Whack Job,” a New History of Axe Murders, Finds a Connection Between Self-Reliance and Brutality

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:01am
By Sadie Stein
In “Whack Job,” Rachel McCarthy James finds a connection between self-reliance and brutality. And for the record, she’s not so sure Lizzie Borden did it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Speak to Me of Home,’ by Jeanine Cummins

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:01am
By Esmeralda Santiago
In the novel “Speak to Me of Home,” three generations of women in one family grapple with their identities.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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