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Crime: Murderous Trips Into the Past, Then a Return to a Dangerous Present

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By MARILYN STASIO

Marilyn Stasio’s Crime column features mysteries set in 1920s Britain and Freud’s Vienna, paired with two modern-day American puzzlers.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Fiction: Evil Stepmother, Reimagined

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By MARINA WARNER

A reissue of Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree” shows off her reworking of one of the Grimms’ grimmest tales.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Fiction: The Plot to Kill Hitler

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By JOSHUA HAMMER

“Munich,” Robert Harris’s latest thriller, features the Führer and the notorious Neville Chamberlain.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die

Friday, February 2, 2018 - 5:00am

By JEFF WHEELWRIGHT

Peter Matthiessen’s nephew recalls both his uncle’s career as a writer and his experience as an operative for the C.I.A.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Newsbook: What Does It Take to Win a Super Bowl?

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 5:00pm

By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

These books about a cerebral coach, a player plucked from poverty and a year in the life of a team show the good, bad and ugly aspects of football.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Club Archive: Jesmyn Ward Answers Book Club Members’ Questions

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 3:20pm

February’s Now Read This pick is: “Killers of the Flower Moon,” by David Grann.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Editors’ Choice: 11 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 11:25am

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

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

'Starlings' Showcases An Imagination That Stretches To The Stars

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 7:00am

By Tasha Robinson

Jo Walton says her new collection isn't actually a book of short stories — rather, these pieces are jokes, exercises or odd poems. Either way, Starlings proves endlessly fascinating and inventive.

(Image credit: Tachyon Publications)

Source: NPR Book Reviews

Fiction: A Debut Novel Traces the Boundary Between Life and Death

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 5:00am

By DARYL GREGORY

“The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, explores the fluidity of human existence.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Nonfiction: The Sickness of Our Time: Is It Populism or Fascism?

Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 5:00am

By DAMON LINKER

In “To Fight Against This Age,” Rob Riemen argues that culture and humanism are the best weapons against modern anti-liberal trends.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews