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The Shortlist: Four Thrillers, United by Male Trouble

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 3:00pm
By TINA JORDAN
A selection of novels featuring men on their worst behavior.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In 'Crux,' A Journalist Investigates The Troubled Life Of Her Own Father

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 10:35am
By Mariya Karimjee

At age 11, Jean Guerrero's mother told her that her dad had schizophrenia. Years later, the author is unable to verify the diagnosis — and refuses to accept it.

(Image credit: Samantha Clark/NPR)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Fiction: A Noirish Narrative in Which the Self Is an Enigma, and So Is Everything Else

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 5:00am
By J. ROBERT LENNON
In Laura van den Berg’s new novel, “The Third Hotel,” an American widow visiting a Cuban film festival thinks she sees her late husband.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Nonfiction: Chris Hayes Reviews Michiko Kakutani’s Book About Our Post-Truth Era

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 5:00am
By CHRIS HAYES
“The Death of Truth” looks at “the age of Trump” — and shudders.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fiction: Lauren Groff Reveals the Stormy Side of the Sunshine State

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 3:00pm
By CHRISTINE SCHUTT
In her new story collection, “Florida,” the author of “Fates and Furies” constructs a wild, reptile-ridden landscape of fathers, sons and mothers who are all somehow adrift.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fiction: It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 3:00pm
By LAURA LIPPMAN
Lawrence Osborne’s novel “Only to Sleep” jolts Raymond Chandler’s P.I. out of his quiet Mexican lair and back into the world of scams and seductions.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Science Of Female Anger And Ambition, In 'Give Me Your Hand'

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 7:00am
By Bethanne Patrick

Megan Abbott's new novel follows two women with a troubled past who meet again, working in the lab of a powerful scientist. It's a slow-burning story whose final explosion is a true surprise.

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Source: NPR Book Reviews


Nonfiction: When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 5:00am
By JUDITH FLANDERS
Margalit Fox’s “Conan Doyle for the Defense” tells the forgotten story of a man wrongly convicted of a crime and a writer’s help in pursuing justice.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New & Noteworthy

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 5:00am
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons.

Monday, July 16, 2018 - 3:00pm
13 authors recommend the most frightening books they’ve ever read.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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