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Book Review: ‘Beyond the Wall’ by Katja Hoyer

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 5:00am
By Kati Marton
In “Beyond the Wall,” the historian Katja Hoyer draws on archives and interviews to bring the eastern half of Germany back into the postwar picture.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘What You Are Looking For Is in the Library,’ by Michiko Aoyama

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 - 5:00am
By Robin Sloan
Five yearning Tokyo readers get life advice with their borrowed volumes in Michiko Aoyama’s “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Edith Grossman, Who Elevated the Art of Translation, Dies at 87

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 5:51pm
By Rebecca Chace
“You are my voice in English,” Gabriel García Márquez told her. She insisted that her name appear on the covers of books she translated, including with that of Cervantes.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Larry McMurtry: A Life,’ by Tracy Daugherty

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 5:03am
By Dwight Garner
Tracy Daugherty’s new biography is the first comprehensive account of the prolific novelist who brought us “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 5:02am
By Shreya Chattopadhyay and Miguel Salazar
Memoirs by Barbra Streisand, Patrick Stewart, Jada Pinkett Smith; hotly-anticipated books on Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried; and plenty more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Fiction to Read This Fall

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 5:01am
By Kate Dwyer
New books by Zadie Smith, Alice McDermott and Stephen King; family sagas by Ayana Mathis and Jesmyn Ward; and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Do You Remember Being Born?’ by Sean Michaels

Monday, September 4, 2023 - 5:01am
By Lincoln Michel
Sean Michaels’s “Do You Remember Being Born?,” about a poet who is asked to collaborate with an A.I., explores the dangers and opportunities of incorporating technology into art.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Crime and Mystery Books to Read in September

Sunday, September 3, 2023 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
Our crime columnist recommends four September books.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Four New Mysteries

Sunday, September 3, 2023 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
Our crime columnist recommends four September books.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Witching Tide,’ by Margaret Meyer

Sunday, September 3, 2023 - 5:00am
By Elizabeth Graver
Inspired by events in East Anglia, England, in 1645, “The Witching Tide,” by Margaret Meyer, evokes the climate of fear and accusation that grips a town with the arrival of a “witchfinder.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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