Fiction: Flawed, Fragile, Hungry Human Bodies: A.M. Homes’s Stories Get Under the Skin
The author’s new collection, “Days of Awe,” confronts the beauty and violence of daily life with mordant wit and a focus on the flesh.
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Read 'The Cabin At The End Of The World' And You Won't Sleep For A Week
Paul Tremblay's new novel is the best (and scariest) kind of horror — the quiet, believable kind of story that doesn't involved posessed dolls or body doubles, and could absolutely happen to you.
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Nonfiction: What Edmund White Thinks You Should Read
In his memoir, “The Unpunished Vice,” the author writes about the books he has loved and been influenced by.
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Confused In Midlife? You're In Good Company With 'The Cost Of Living'
Deborah Levy thought her life would slow down at 50, but instead, it became "faster, unstable, unpredictable." Critic Maureen Corrigan says Levy's memoir is a "smart, slim meditation on womanhood."
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'The Shades' Is Both Psychological Study And Taut Thriller
Evgenia Citkowitz's new novel follows a family attempting to put their lives back together after a loss. The Halls hope their newly purchased country retreat will help — but things soon go awry.
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Nonfiction: The Woman Whose Hair Frightens Iran
The exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad writes about her protest against compulsory hijabs in “The Wind in My Hair.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Match Book: Horse and Writer: What to Read to a Recuperating Pet
Books that both animal lovers and their equine companions can enjoy.
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Nonfiction: Remembering Obama and Hoping to Win Again
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Obama, has written “Yes We (Still) Can,” a memoir of his years in the White House, with prescriptions for the future.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: The Opium War and the Humiliation of China
Stephen R. Platt’s “Imperial Twilight” describes what may have been the British Empire’s darkest hour.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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