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Adaptations of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Are Proliferating

Friday, November 4, 2022 - 5:00am
By Catherine Hong
Suddenly, remakes and adaptations of L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” series are proliferating.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 4:43pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


10 books to read to learn about women's plight in Iran

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 10:50am
By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The latest uprising in Iran is about much more than mandatory hijab. We've complied a list of books that offer insight into the lives of Iranian women and what is happening in their country.

(Image credit: Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Bono By the Book Interview

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 5:00am
“I got a copy of Edna O’ Brien’s ‘The Country Girls’ growing up, which hurried my puberty to a place where I thought differently about girls and women,” says the singer and frontman for U2, whose new memoir is “Surrender.” “I still do.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Shanda,’ by Letty Cottin Pogrebin; ‘A Girlhood,’ by Carolyn Hays; ‘The Family Outing,’ by Jessi Hempel

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 5:00am
By Jake Nevins
From lost children to sexual and gender identity, moral crises abound.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Bono By the Book Interview

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 5:00am
“I got a copy of Edna O’ Brien’s ‘The Country Girls’ growing up, which hurried my puberty to a place where I thought differently about girls and women,” says the singer and frontman for U2, whose new memoir is “Surrender.” “I still do.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Sizzling, Sparking, White-Hot Romance Novels

Thursday, November 3, 2022 - 5:00am
By Olivia Waite
Nothing is more satisfying than the emotional combustion of characters who were meant to be together.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Books on Democracy to Understand Increasing Threats

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 5:00am
By Richard Stengel
It’s among the world’s oldest forms of government, but it’s increasingly under threat. These books consider the sources and effects of an alarming global trend.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘It’s Not TV,’ by Felix Gillette and John Koblin

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 5:00am
By Sam Adler-Bell
A new history of the entertainment company traces its origins in a culture of male license, misogyny — and violence.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Magic To Do,' by Elysa Gardner

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 5:00am
By Marshall Heyman
Elysa Gardner’s “Magic to Do” goes backstage at Bob Fosse and Stephen Schwartz’s 1972 musical about a lost prince.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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