The Shortlist: Words of Wisdom (and Wildness): Distinctive Story Collections
Valerie Trueblood, Mark Slouka, S. Wystan Owen and Amy Bonnafoons offer glimpses into lives buffeted by violence, bad luck and sometimes just boredom.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: Sex, Love and Religious Fervor Abound in Two New Novels
Blair Hurley’s “The Devoted” and Aaron Thier’s “The World Is a Narrow Bridge” trace the complexities and consequences of contemporary faith.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: James Frey Has Written His First Adult Novel in a Decade
“Katerina” oscillates between ’90s Paris and present-day L.A. to trace a washed-up writer’s midlife malaise.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: A Novelist Recasts King Lear as a Corporate Tycoon in Contemporary India
Power struggles roil a wealthy Indian family in Preti Taneja’s debut novel, “We That Are Young,” a vivid reimagining of Shakespeare.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: He Wrote a Novel From Jail. She Wrote One About a Different Kind of Imprisonment.
Two debut novels, “Cherry,” by Nico Walker, and “Open Me,” by Lisa Locascio, explore the dangers of young, ill-fated love.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: In Yasmina Reza’s Novel, a Dinner Party Descends Into Chaos — and Then Tragedy
In “Babylon,” the prizewinning French playwright and author explores the dark undercurrents of domesticity and marriage.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Mount Everest Defeated Them — And so, in the End, Did India
Deborah Baker’s “The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire” charts the adventures of some courageous and complicated British climbers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Sketchbook | The Literati: The Literati: Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy Parker’s Arrival in Hollywood
An illustrated reminiscence of the variable fortunes, and complicated postwar politics, of a famed screenwriting duo.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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