New Crime and Mystery Books to Read This January
In these novels, detectives — some real, others self-appointed — investigate deaths in a small town, on board a train, in a haunted French chateau.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Audiobook Review: ‘Be Useful,’ by Arnold Schwarzenegger
The audiobook might be less, well, useful than it is entertainingly honest, unfiltered and even bizarre.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Edward Jay Epstein, Author and Stubborn Skeptic, Dies at 88
He questioned the findings of the Warren Commission, called Edward Snowden a prized Russian asset and exposed the diamond industry’s economic impact.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Lunar New Year Love Story' celebrates true love, honors immigrant struggles
This YA graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham attains epic dimensions in capturing the complex, bittersweet journeys of its characters.
(Image credit: Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham /First Second )
Source: NPR Book Reviews
A Clash of Civilizations Brought to Life
For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in “You Dreamed of Empires.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Six Degrees of Self-Help, Nora Ephron and ‘Mommie Dearest’
Fifty years ago this week, “How to Be Your Own Best Friend” nipped at the heels of “The Joy of Sex.” Here’s the story behind its longevity.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
By the Book Interview: Common
“Invisible Man” “made me feel seen and heard,” the rapper-actor says. “I can return the favor.” His new book, “And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self” is out this month.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Fetishist' examines racial and sexual politics
Katherine Min's well-crafted posthumous novel is inspired by Lolita -- but with an Asian fetishist as Humbert Humbert and the objects of his objectification given voice.
(Image credit: G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Our Enemies Will Vanish,’ by Yaroslav Trofimov
Yaroslav Trofimov grew up in Kyiv. “Our Enemies Will Vanish” records his experience as a journalist for The Wall Street Journal assigned to cover the war.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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