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3 Creepy New Psychological Thrillers

Friday, February 7, 2025 - 5:00am
By Sarah Lyall
Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


5 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 4:04pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new books

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 1:49pm
By Maureen Corrigan

Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers many of his great pieces about the city in A Town Without Time.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


5 Organizing Books to Bring Order to Chaos

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 11:00am
By Hope Reese
We asked professional organizers to share their favorites.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Interview: Elinor Lipman on ‘Every Tom, Dick & Harry’ and Her Reading Life

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 5:00am
Eighteen books in (the latest is “Every Tom, Dick & Harry”), she still recalls an editor’s note urging more action: “Could someone here please pass the potatoes?”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Anson Rabinbach, Leading Historian of Nazi Culture, Dies at 79

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 9:55pm
By Clay Risen
He demonstrated that fascism had its own intellectual roots and showed how ideas, theories and an antisemitic “ethos” influenced German culture and policymaking.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It’s About to Become Public.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 9:00am
By Alexandra Alter
The notes, taken after meetings with her psychiatrist, will be published in April as a book, “Notes to John.” They provide a raw account of her life, her work and her complex relationship with her daughter.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘How the World Eats,’ by Julian Baggini

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 5:00am
By Pete Wells
In “How the World Eats,” the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with “everything that affects and is affected by” our comestibles.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Rogues and Scholars,’ by James Stourton

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 5:00am
By Walker Mimms
“Rogues and Scholars,” James Stourton’s erudite and authoritative history, doesn’t spare the color.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Are Book Blurbs, and How Much Do They Matter in Publishing?

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 2:45pm
By Elisabeth Egan
An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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