The Shortlist: Three Books Consider What Happens When the Robots Take Over
How far along is artificial intelligence and what will it do to human society? Three books ponder this question, and wonder if we and the robots can work together.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: In the Middle Class, and Barely Getting By
Alissa Quart’s “Squeezed” examines the problem of families at the upper edge of the middle class, struggling to survive financially in America.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: What if the Government Gave Everyone a Paycheck?
The former labor secretary Robert B. Reich reviews two new books arguing for a universal basic income: “Give People Money,” by Annie Lowrey, and “The War on Normal People,” by Andrew Yang.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
For July, 3 Romantic Reads That Prove Summer Is For Lovers
Whether you like high-powered lawyers, ambitious politicians or petticoat-wearing paleontologists, July brings a bumper crop of romance novels, for all your happy-ever-after needs.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Young Adult Summer Books
Too hot to go outside? Weekend Edition has some suggestions for what to read while curled up under your ceiling fan this summer.
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Book News: Yet Another Book Takes on Impeachment: This Time, the Case Against
Alan Dershowitz‘s latest book, “The Case Against Impeaching Trump,” was written with a sense of urgency. It took two months.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Books News: The Changing Face of Romance Novels
Some publishers are starting to acquire books written by black, Asian and other minority writers that feature more character diversity, but barriers remain.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Where Did the Radical Right Come From?
Kathleen Belew’s “Bring the War Home” traces the beginnings of the white power movement to the Vietnam War.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Book Review Podcast: An Inside View of Putin
Michael McFaul discusses “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia,” and Ottessa Moshfegh talks about her new novel, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: A Woman Sleeps a Year Away in Ottessa Moshfegh’s Darkly Comic New Novel
In “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” a beautiful young Columbia graduate seeks spiritual renewal through slumber.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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