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The Essential Octavia Butler

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Stephen Kearse
She created vivid new worlds to reveal truths about our own. Here’s where to start with her books.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Can We Expect After the Pandemic?

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Zachary Karabell
Four new books look at life after the virus and reach startlingly different conclusions.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Is a Home? In ‘Aftershocks,’ the Answer Is Not So Clear

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Fahima Haque
In her memoir, Nadia Owusu contemplates what it means to find home.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Amnesty’ and ‘Cool Town’

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Punctuated Poetry and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, January 15, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


12 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:25pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


For Comfort Reading, Susan Minot Turns to Comic Writers

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 5:00am
“Being funny is not only hard but perhaps the most powerful thing of all.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Fredrik Backman Walked Into A Potential Future Home. What He Found Surprised Him.

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
Some of us are struck by aspiration when we’re touring a staged property. For this best-selling author, the lightbulb moment was more productive.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Aftershocks' Tells Of A Reckoning With The Self — And With Memory

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 7:06am
By Ilana Masad

Writer Nadia Owusu has lived many lives. Her nonlinear memoir, centered on the idea of physical and metaphorical earthquakes, is about all of the parts of what is her single, complex life.

(Image credit: Simon & Schuster)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


There's Not A Single Off Note In 'That Old Country Music'

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 7:00am
By Michael Schaub

In his new story collection, Kevin Barry proves to be a master at evoking the landscapes of both western Ireland and the human heart; he seems to have an innate sense of why people do what they do.

(Image credit: Doubleday)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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