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NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024

Monday, June 17, 2024 - 5:05pm

By Meghan Collins Sullivan

At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared.

(Image credit: Alicia Zheng)

Source: NPR Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Same as It Ever Was,’ by Claire Lombardo

Monday, June 17, 2024 - 12:00pm

By Hamilton Cain

“Same as It Ever Was,” by Claire Lombardo, is a 500-page, multigenerational examination of the ties that bind.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

3 High-Octane Summer Thrillers

Monday, June 17, 2024 - 5:03am

By Sarah Lyall

Our columnist on three twisty new tales of murder.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘We Were Illegal,’ by Jessica Goudeau

Monday, June 17, 2024 - 5:01am

By W. Caleb McDaniel

In her new book, Jessica Goudeau confronts a history of racism and violence in Texas through an investigation of her ancestors’ stories.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer,’ by Joseph Earl Thomas

Monday, June 17, 2024 - 5:01am

By Danez Smith

Joseph Earl Thomas’s new novel, “God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer,” follows a health care worker on a tumultuous shift where every other patient seems to be someone from his past.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

‘The Outsiders,’ a Broadway Adaptation of the Classic Novel, Wins the Tony for Best Musical

Sunday, June 16, 2024 - 11:10pm

By Michael Paulson

The gritty, bloody and relentlessly youthful musical features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a Broadway stage.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life,’ by Michael Nott

Sunday, June 16, 2024 - 5:01am

By David Orr

A comprehensive new biography, by Michael Nott, lays bare the tragic circumstances behind a brilliant iconoclast’s life and work.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Traveling,’ by Ann Powers

Sunday, June 16, 2024 - 5:00am

By Francine Prose

In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life, work and influence.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Little Rot,’ by Akwaeke Emezi

Sunday, June 16, 2024 - 5:00am

By Chelsea Leu

In Akwaeke Emezi’s latest novel, “Little Rot,” two exes trying to recover after a breakup inadvertently stumble into a dark, disturbing and dangerous side of Nigeria.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself,’ by Glynnis MacNicol

Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 5:03am

By Joanna Rakoff

In “I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself,” Glynnis MacNicol ignores the pearl-clutchers and does just that.

Source: NY Times Book Reviews

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