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Inside the List: As Their Publicists Cringe, Best-Selling Authors Enter the Political Fray

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 5:00am

By TINA JORDAN

In the past you rarely knew where your favorite writers stood on political and social issues. That’s changed.

Essay: Should We Worry About Trump’s Fawning Admiration of the Military?

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 5:00am

By GARY J. BASS

Rather than becoming partisan instruments of any president, American soldiers have more reason than ever to heed Huntington’s call to neutral public service.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

New in Paperback: ‘Sapiens,’ ‘Men Without Women’

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 5:00am

By JOUMANA KHATIB

Six new paperbacks to check out this week.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Our Back Pages: Notes From the Book Review Archives

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 5:00am

In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Patrick Chamoiseau’s “Solibo Magnificent.”

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Letters to the Editor

Friday, June 29, 2018 - 5:00am

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: Did He Really Say That? On the Perils and Pitfalls of Translation

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 3:00pm

By BENJAMIN MOSER

In “This Little Art,” Kate Briggs, a translator of Roland Barthes, ponders the challenges and mysteries of rendering an author’s words in a foreign language.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

With Gonzo Flair, A New Graphic Novel Kills Hitler

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 1:09pm

By Etelka Lehoczky

Anthony Del Col's gung-ho tale of a convoluted plot to bump off Hitler is jam-packed with beret-wearing Resistance fighters, frosty female spies and epic car chases — plus the dictator's secret son.

(Image credit: Image Comics )

Source: NPR Book Reviews

Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 11:50am

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: A Dumping Ground for the Poor, the Criminal and the Mad

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 5:00am

By PATRICK McGRATH

In “Damnation Island,” Stacy Horn traces the appalling history of the East River institutions where 19th-century New York exiled its undesirables.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Bookshelf: ‘Central Park Love Song’

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 5:00am

By SAM ROBERTS

Reading Stephen Wolf‘s combined guidebook and autobiography of his time spent in Manhattan’s largest green space is the next best thing to being there.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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