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This new story collection is marvelous — if a bit meandering

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 6:00am
By Gabino Iglesias

Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display here. Not every story is strong, but they work well together.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘More Everything Forever,’ by Adam Becker

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Szalai
In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Poetry Review: Four New Books Lean Into Calm and Joy

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 5:01am
By Stephanie Burt
In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments and a clutch of myth-inflected reveries.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Acid Queen,’ by Susannah Cahalan

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 5:00am
By Cree LeFavour
Susannah Cahalan traces the life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, who made her husband’s coffee, tripped with him and helped break him out of jail.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Supreme Court Seems Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 3:20pm
By Adam Liptak
In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 9:00am
By Elena Bergeron
“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Exhibitions Mark “The Great Gatsby’s” 100th Anniversary

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 8:41am
By Megan McCrea
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Joan Didion leaves one more piece of writing to faithful fans

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 6:00am
By Heller McAlpin

Didion's book is an intimate chronicle of the author's struggle to help her daughter, even if it meant digging into her own long-unexamined neuroses.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Fair Play,’ by Louise Hegarty

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Sarah Lyall
Louise Hegarty’s novel, “Fair Play,” nods to classic 1920s detective fiction, with a twist.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Gabriele,’ by Anne Berest and Claire Berest

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - 5:00am
By Joanna Scutts
“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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