The Book Review: Susan Orlean on a Great Library Fire
Orlean discusses “The Library Book,” about a 1986 blaze in Los Angeles that damaged or destroyed more than a million books.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink
“Unsheltered,” a big, gripping, emotionally complex novel on the same scale as “The Poisonwood Bible,” explores what it means to have a safe place in the world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'In The Hurricane's Eye' Focuses On Naval Power's Role In The Victory At Yorktown
In his new book, Nathaniel Philbrick grabs the reader's head and turns it towards the sea, providing a fresh take on an old story of the Revolutionary War.
(Image credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Sketchbook | Graphic review: An Illustrated Homage to the Oceans Atlas
The graphic artist Kristen Radtke recalls the influence that a book about the seas had on her young imagination.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Shortlist: The Latest in Jazz, the Genius of Jerome Robbins, and Bernhardt vs. Duse
Nate Chinen on “jazz for the new century”; Wendy Lesser’s biography of a great choreographer; and the most entertaining theatrical rivalry ever.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Standout New Picture Books
Sibling truces, outrageous wordplay, being a kid in Beijing and more in the latest delights for the smallest readers and listeners.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Inside the List: We Decided to Spend Some Time on Best-selling Novelists’ Websites. Here’s What We Found.
James Patterson offers movie reviews; John Sandford provides statistics on his use of profanities; Tana French promises readers something remarkable.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: A Norwegian Novel Complicates the Canon of New Testament Fiction
Lars Petter Sveen’s “Children of God,” his first novel to be translated into English, presents a problematic portrayal of Jesus Christ.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: For the Young Couple in This Novel, the Stars Align, Then Explode
An intercontinental romance ends in tragedy in Heather Taylor-Johnson’s debut, “Jean Harley Was Here.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Scott Simon on “Saturday Night.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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