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Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 1:49pm

By Anthony DePalma

Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Jill Schary Robinson, Who Wrote of Her Hollywood Upbringing, Dies at 88

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 1:47pm

By Penelope Green

A screenwriter’s daughter, she grew up in the glittering world of privilege and its contradictions, which became rich material for her memoirs and novels.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 5:00am

By Alexandra Jacobs

In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘We Burn Daylight,’ by Bret Anthony Johnston

Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 5:00am

By John Wray

An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

2 Dutch Novels Plumb the Gulf Between Order and Chaos

Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 12:47pm

A late-life fantasia; a surviving twin’s breakthrough.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Off the Books,’ by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 5:01am

By Tammy Tarng

In Soma Mei Sheng Frazier’s debut novel, “Off the Books,” a Chinese American college student chauffeurs a handsome and suspicious client from California to New York.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Beyond ‘Bridgerton’: 3 Steamy, Summery New Historical Romances

Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 5:00am

By Olivia Waite

Our columnist on vacation-ready reads.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86

Friday, July 26, 2024 - 9:59pm

By Richard Sandomir

She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

The Book Review Book Club: “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” by Patricia Highsmith

Friday, July 26, 2024 - 1:08pm

Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller mixes glamour, betrayal, self-invention and murder. What’s not to love?

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

He Wrote a Story About Joy, Then Built a Tiny World to Match

Friday, July 26, 2024 - 9:08am

By Elisabeth Egan

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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