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Mac Barnett on New Editions of Gianni Rodari’s ‘The Grammar of Fantasy’ and ‘Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto’

Friday, January 31, 2025 - 5:00am
By Mac Barnett
Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ali Hazelwood’s Best Romance Books Recommendations

Friday, January 31, 2025 - 5:00am
By Ali Hazelwood
These steamy reads bring the emotion and the heat.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Rebecca Yarros’ ‘Onyx Storm’ is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 4:52pm
By Alexandra Alter
The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the romantasy genre’s staying power.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 12:16pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Source Code,’ by Bill Gates

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 5:05am
By Jennifer Szalai
A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Americans Feel Isolated. Imani Perry Wants to Help Them Connect.

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 5:01am
By Robert Ito
Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” she continues to challenge perceptions, using the color blue to examine notions of Blackness.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 5:01am
By David Streitfeld
The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


20 New Books to Read in February: Bill Gates, Ali Smith, TJ Klune and more

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 5:00am
Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Interview: Hanif Kureishi on ‘Shattered’ and His Reading Life

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 5:00am
It’s among the more playful matters on his mind in “Shattered,” a memoir of the injury that took away his ability to turn pages — but not his hunger to tell a story.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Looking for love during Lunar New Year

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 4:00pm
By Dhanika Pineda

Kick off the Year of the Snake with two romances: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen, and Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham.

(Image credit: Louise Delmotte)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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