Fiction: Fissures Splinter a Family’s Suburban Facade
In this dark, seething debut, 13-year-old Colin struggles to come to terms with his father’s suicide and his own sexuality.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: In Y.A., Where Has All the Good Sex Gone?
In the 1970s, books like Judy Blume’s “Forever” showed teenagers that sex was natural and pleasurable. Now it’s more often a danger zone. What happened?
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Self-Helped: How One Book Changed My Relationship With Money
The nine-step money-management system in “Your Money or Your Life” allowed both its writers to retire early.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Editors’ Choice: 12 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
For February, 3 Swooningly Romantic Reads
As Valentine's day approaches, we bring you three novels that take ideas of romance far beyond flowers and chocolate — from a wicked wager with a hot rogue to a fake date that turns into real love.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
'The Line Becomes A River' Chronicles Life In The Border Patrol
Francisco Cantú's new book about his years in the Border Patrol combines brutal personal reminiscences with detached academic interludes, a dreamlike narrative halfway between memoir and tone poem.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Fiction: Strangers in the Night, Exchanging Genre Conventions
Laura Lippman’s new novel, “Sunburn,” draws its inspiration from 1940s noir like “Double Indemnity.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love
In “The Kiss,” Brian Turner collects musings on all aspects of the act, from the romantic to the familial to the tragic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Essay: Good Paperback Vibrations
What one reader learned about sex from the best-selling novels of his childhood.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Self-Portrait With Boy' Explores The Narcissistic Ambition That Fuels Success
An artist's photograph of a young boy's death leads to a terrible dilemma in Rachel Lyon's new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls the book a "striking debut."
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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