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
Immortality, Sadness And Drinking With Shakespeare In 'How To Stop Time'
Matt Haig's new novel isn't exactly about time travel — it's about a slow-aging man who travels through time just by staying alive for centuries. And yes, he meets Shakespeare (who has bad breath).
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Recovering Sex and Porn Addict Tells All
Erica Garza’s debut memoir, “Getting Off,” reveals a path to rehabilitation that is equal parts sordid and inspiring.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Nonfiction: A Young Wife Toys With Adultery
In Molly McCloskey’s novel “Straying,” a feckless American marries into an Irish family, then looks for love elsewhere.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fiction: A Marriage Upended, a Life Destroyed
In Tayari Jones’s new novel, “An American Marriage,” a newlywed black attorney is wrongly convicted of rape.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
By the Book: Tayari Jones: By the Book
The novelist Tayari Jones keeps a Bible even though she was raised without religion: “I’ve come to understand that, as a black Southerner, I am a Christian, whether I am observant or not.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
From Bieber To Buber, 'Feel Free' Mixes High And Low With A Generous Spirit
Reading Zadie Smith's big-hearted, eloquent new essay collection is a lot like hanging out with a friend who's just as at home with pop stars as she is with philosophers.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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