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Book Review: ‘My Glorious Defeats,’ by Barrett Brown

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 5:02am
By Kerry Howley
In his picaresque memoir, “My Glorious Defeats,” the Anonymous-movement activist Barrett Brown takes us on a journey of pure, joyous solipsism.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Who Is Elena Ferrante, Really?

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 5:01am
By Joumana Khatib
The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Our Critic’s Take on the 100 List: Books That ‘Cast a Sustained Spell’

Friday, July 12, 2024 - 5:01am
By Dwight Garner
Dwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,” looked for immersive reads.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


6 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:46pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Dan Collins, 80, Author Who Rejected View of Giuliani as a 9/11 Hero, Dies

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 4:51pm
By Sam Roberts
A journalist and author, he helped write a revisionist account of Rudolph Giuliani’s role as mayor before and after the terrorist attacks.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Reagan Arthur Returns to Hachette

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 11:00am
By Alexandra Alter
Arthur, the former publisher of Knopf, is joining Hachette Book Group to start and run a new imprint.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Coin,’ by Yasmin Zaher

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:01am
By Lauren Christensen
In Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin,” a rich, chic Palestinian schoolteacher in New York City grapples with displacement and American consumerism.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


It Took 22 Years for Kevin Barry to Unlock His First U.S.-Set Novel

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:00am
Even after doing research in Montana, a draft of the book that became “The Heart in Winter” was “dead on the page,” he says. Back in Ireland, the runaway lovers now at its center “suddenly appeared to me.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Stephen King, Bonnie Garmus and More Writers on Favorite Books

Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 5:00am
Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but they make a case for them anyway.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


William E. Burrows, Historian of the Space Age, Is Dead at 87

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 4:32pm
By Sam Roberts
In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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