Front Burner: Venice, Without the Tourists
“A Table in Venice” by Skye McAlpine offers an insider’s look at the flavors of La Serenissima.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: America Has Gone Off the Rails. Steven Brill Sees Ways to Get It Back on Track.
In “Tailspin,” Brill looks at many problems plaguing the country, and the people who are offering solutions.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Bob Dylan and Will Smith: Children’s Authors?
Publishers are churning out picture books of pop music lyrics. But a good song and a good book may be two different animals.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Darkest Time Of Night' Will Keep You Turning Pages
Television investigative reporter Jeremy Finley brings his small-screen experience to bear in this debut novel, a satisfyingly suspenseful thriller with overtones of The X-Files and Stranger Things.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Step Away From The 'Trauma Buffet' With These 5 Beach Reads By Authors Of Color
Sometimes it seems like authors of color are relegated to writing about nothing but suffering, says author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. But we all need a taste of happiness — starting with these five books.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Book Review Podcast: The Latest in Cyberwarfare
David E. Sanger talks about “The Perfect Weapon,” and Stacy Horn discusses “Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: A Buzzworthy Debut About a Mysterious and Secluded Artists’ Retreat
In Harriet Alida Lye’s “The Honey Farm,” creative individuals hail from all walks of life to take part in an eerie bee colony-slash-cult.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Profile: Australians Can’t Get Enough of the Barefoot Investor
The all-time, best-selling nonfiction book in Australia is, somewhat surprisingly, a personal finance guide. And its 39-year-old author, Scott Pape, is a national celebrity.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Brief Tales for New Readers and Little Listeners From Philip Stead and More
A bighearted toad, a cool fox, a daredevil younger sister and other larger-than-life characters fill these very short story collections.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Revisiting Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ as a Work in Progress
The typewritten page, bearing the influential feminist thinker’s intimate thoughts and revisions, reveals the inner workings of an avant-garde mind.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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