'What Strange Paradise' Focuses On The Human Stories At The Heart Of A Crisis
Omar El-Akkad's new novel is fully aware of the larger forces that lead people to migrate — but it leaves those aside, focusing instead on the smaller human stories at the core of the migrant crisis.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
The Enduring Whimsy and Wonderment of Eric Carle
The beloved children’s author and illustrator died in May. But his irrepressible spirit lives on in his books.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'The Council Of Animals' Holds Humanity's Fate In Its ... Paws
In Nick McDonell's new novel, sentient animals control the fate of the few remaining humans — and must decide to do about the fear that humans will regroup and seize supremacy over the Earth again.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
A Son of Gabriel García Márquez Tenderly Recalls His Parents
In “A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes,” Rodrigo Garcia chronicles his parents’ final days, including his celebrated father’s struggle with dementia and his mother’s fierce independence to the end.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ and ‘Agent Sonya’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What Makes Elon Musk Different
Two new books, Eric Berger’s “Liftoff” and Tim Higgins’s “Power Play,” explore Musk’s terrestrial and extraterrestrial pursuits — and what has made him so successful.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Heartbreaking Novel About Mothers, Daughters and Secrets
Elisabeth Egan talks about Esther Freud’s “I Couldn’t Love You More,” and Philip D’Anieri discusses “The Appalachian Trail.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Make a Splash: 8 Summer Picture Books Take You to the Water
Dip into these picture books about pools and beaches, swimming and sailing, calm waters and stormy seas.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Fascinating, Mysterious 'Intimacies' Doesn't Let Readers Get Close Enough
Katie Kitamura's new novel follows an unnamed woman working as a translator at The Hague who works with war criminals — but can readers really know a narrator who remains resolutely unknown?
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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