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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


Liz Hauck Promised a Warm Meal Every Week. Then She Delivered.

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 5:00am
By Kate Christensen
In “Home Made,” a writer looks back on the many dinners she cooked and ate with residents of a Boston home for adolescents.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Luster’ and ‘Sex and Vanity’

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 5:00am
By Tina Jordan
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Was Daniel Patrick Moynihan Right About America? And Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, June 4, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


11 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 2:29pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Yes, There Are Crimes — And Much More — In 'The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu'

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 7:00am
By Fran Wilde

Tom Lin's new novel promises — and delivers — lots of crimes in a cinematic Western starring a Chinese American gunslinger on a mission of revenge against the men who sent him to work the railroads.

(Image credit: Little, Brown and Company)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


This Is Your Brain on Edward St. Aubyn

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 5:00am
By Rob Doyle
St. Aubyn’s new novel, “Double Blind,” examines a wide range of scientific thought, with detours into sex, drugs and venture capital.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Food Is Culture’: Alice Waters on the Cookbook That Changed Her Life

Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 5:00am
“All I wanted to do was live like the French.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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