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Love Rides The Q Train In This Supernaturally Sweet Romance

Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 7:00am
By Kamrun Nesa

In Casey McQuiston's new One Last Stop, cynical August moves to New York, where she meets and falls for Jane, a mysterious punk who seems to have been trapped on the Q train ... since the 1970s.

(Image credit: Griffin)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


This Retelling Of 'Gatsby' Has Demonic Flair To Spare

Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jessica P. Wick

Nghi Vo recasts the classic book with Jordan Baker at the center, a Gatsby who's literally sold his soul and a speakeasy crowd that's partial to a drop of demon's blood in their illicit cocktails.

(Image credit: Tordotcom)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


How Did a Gay Scientist of Jewish Descent Thrive Under the Nazis?

Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 5:00am
By Seth Mnookin
In “Ravenous,” Sam Apple tells the story of a researcher who was able to carry out his groundbreaking work on cancer cells even in the middle of World War II.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Wannabe Influencer Gets Sent To Digital Detox In 'Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous'

Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 7:00am
By Alethea Kontis

Sunny — the protagonist of Suzanne Park's new young adult novel — is mortified when a PG-13 video accidentally goes viral, and even worse, her parents send her to a rural farm to get her off-line.

(Image credit: Sourcebooks Fire)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


An Argentinean Novel Spins Countless Stories From A Bicycle Wheel

Saturday, June 5, 2021 - 5:00am
By Kamil Ahsan

César Aira's The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.

(Image credit: New Directions)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Reimagining the Aftermath of a Bomb

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 1:55pm
Francis Spufford talks about “Light Perpetual,” and Egill Bjarnason discusses “How Iceland Changed the World.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ellen Oh’s New Middle Grade Novel Is Not a Fantasy

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 10:28am
By Catherine Hong
In “Finding Junie Kim,” a third-generation Korean-American girl gathers strength from her grandmother’s wartime tales to deal with anti-Asian racism.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


An Office Rivalry Turns Strange — And Maybe Dangerous — In 'The Other Black Girl'

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 8:00am
By Bethanne Patrick

Zakiya Dalila Harris drew on her own experiences in publishing for her new thriller, about a young Black woman who hopes for a friend and ally when her lily-white office hires another Black woman.

(Image credit: Atria Books)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Jack Ruby's Trial Moves From Side Stage To Center In 'Kennedy's Avenger'

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 7:28am
By Gabino Iglesias

Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell a gripping tale that takes readers into the heart of Ruby's trial, picking up the moment he killed Oswald and then methodically unpacking what followed.

(Image credit: Hanover Square Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Haigh
Lisa Taddeo’s first novel, “Animal,” tells a relentlessly bleak story of a woman warped by psychic wounds who pursues a life of emotional carnage.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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