Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Reader’s Notebook: This Is the Story of My Life. And This Is the Story of My Life.
Kathryn Harrison’s and Dani Shapiro’s new autobiographical books are reminders of a seemingly modern job title: serial memoirist. Time and time again, self-chroniclers like them prove that you can’t spell “memoir” without “me.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How Astounding Saw the Future
Tracing the evolution of the mid-20th-century magazine whose pages gave rise to the genre of science fiction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Scene: Cooking the Book: Dinner with Publisher Daniel Halpern and Chef Wylie Dufresne
A republication of a 1985 cookbook, “The Good Food,” brings writers and foodies to the table.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Existential Dread Is Deceptively Simple In 'Mouthful Of Birds'
Samanta Schweblin has a gift for treating the otherworldly with a matter-of-fact attitude; her new story collection proves that she's a master of elegant, uncanny fiction.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
'Hollywood's Eve' Feeds Renewed Interest In L.A. 'It' Girl Turned Writer
Eve Babitz had long been forgotten, when a profile by Lili Anolik triggered a reissuing of the former Hollywood glamour girl's literary works. In a new book, Anolik fills some, but not all, the gaps.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
By the Book: Dani Shapiro: By the Book
The author, most recently, of the memoir “Inheritance” turns to family and friends for reading suggestions: “My 19-year-old son is a voracious reader and constantly recommends books to me.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Anne Frank’s Diary, in Graphic Form, Reveals Its Humor
Ari Folman and David Polonsky’s graphic novel adaptation of the famous diary brings out new and vibrant aspects of Anne’s voice.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The First Conspiracy' Details Foiled Hickey Plot To Assassinate George Washington
Thriller author Brad Meltzer and documentary producer Josh Mensch offer an intriguing look at a true-life, foiled plan that, had it succeeded, may have killed the American dream before it even began.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Fiction: In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer.
“My Sister, the Serial Killer,” by the Nigerian novelist Oyinkan Braithwaite, follows the fortunes of two women in Lagos, a city that strives to suffocate women.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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