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Book Review: “Breathless,” by David Quammen

Saturday, October 1, 2022 - 5:00am
By Michael Sims
In “Breathless,” David Quammen explores the predictable lead-up to the global Covid pandemic, and the frantic, belated attempts to stop it.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Celeste Ng on Race, Class and Suburbia

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 3:47pm
Ng discusses her best-selling 2017 novel, “Little Fires Everywhere,” and Judy Blume discusses her adult novel “In the Unlikely Event,” from 2015.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Review: “Ghostlight” by Kenneth Oppel

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 11:56am
By Christian McKay Heidicker
Our guest critic, a dead ringer for the elf who went to Halloween, weighs in on a trio of ghoulish treats.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Secret Lives of Sperm Whales

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By Lauren Christensen
Deep in waters rarely seen by humans, these “gentle goliaths” are back from near-extinction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: “Nights of Plague,” by Orhan Pamuk

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By David Gates
Set on an imaginary island at the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, “Nights of Plague,” by the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, is a chronicle of an epidemic, a murder mystery and a winking literary game.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Luda' isn't a book you read — it's a book you experience

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By Gabino Iglesias

Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison.

(Image credit: Del Ray)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


12 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 1:21pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: “When McKinsey Comes to Town,” by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 9:56am
By Sheelah Kolhatkar
“When McKinsey Comes to Town,” by the Times reporters Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe, argues that the legendary firm has accrued an inordinate amount of influence chasing profits at the expense of moral principle.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


For Javier Zamora, Recording ‘Solito’ Was a Family Affair

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
In the studio, the best-selling author surrounded himself with people he loves. It shows in his audiobook.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Romance Novels

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 5:00am
By Olivia Waite
Finding wonderful books that bring to mind old favorites is one of the genre’s greatest pleasures.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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