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Book Review: ‘Black in Blues,’ by Imani Perry

Sunday, January 26, 2025 - 5:01am
By Alexandra Jacobs
Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Good Dirt,’ by Charmaine Wilkerson

Sunday, January 26, 2025 - 5:00am
By Deesha Philyaw
Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Good Dirt” weaves together grief, suspense and the story of a jar made by an enslaved potter generations earlier.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


2 Novels for Cold Weather

Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 7:50am
Joan Aiken’s neo-Gothic; Joseph Roth’s family epic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Steamy Romance Books To Cozy Up With This Winter

Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 5:01am
By Sangu Mandanna
Books by Alyssa Cole, Talia Hibbert and more offer heartwarming banter and plenty of heat.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘On the Calculation of Volume,’ by Solvej Balle

Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 5:00am
By Hilary Leichter
Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Blob,’ by Maggie Su

Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 5:00am
By Weike Wang
In Maggie Su’s funny debut novel, a Frankenstein-like monster turns on his flailing creator.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Derek Humphry, Pivotal Figure in Right-to-Die Movement, Dies at 94

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 5:56pm
By Michael S. Rosenwald
His own experience assisting his terminally ill wife in ending her life set him on a path to founding the Hemlock Society and writing a best-selling guide.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Picturing the Border,’ by Nadiah Rivera Fellah

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 4:14pm
By Miguel Salazar
“Picturing the Border” collects photographs of the United States-Mexico boundary dating back to the 1960s.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Where the Thriller Writer Alafair Burke Gets Her Ideas

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 3:10pm
A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong anchor Burke’s new book, “The Note.” It started with real life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Horror Novel Inspired by Fanatic Fox News Devotees

Friday, January 24, 2025 - 5:00am
By Erik Piepenburg
Clay McLeod Chapman kept hearing friends say, of their Fox News-watching parents, “It’s like they were possessed.” That’s what inspired him to write “Wake Up and Open Your Eyes.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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