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There Will Be Books: Comey Sequel Signals A New Wave Of Memoirs In The Post-Trump Era

Friday, January 8, 2021 - 10:44am
By Ron Elving

Former FBI Director James Comey sees his obligation, his client, not as the person or party who appointed him or even as the Department of Justice. He sees his obligation as being to justice itself.

(Image credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘Weather’ and ‘The Making of a Miracle’

Friday, January 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor

Friday, January 8, 2021 - 5:00am
By Rachel Slade
Andrea Pitzer’s new book resurrects the story of William Barents’s 16th-century expeditions to the Arctic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Lengthy Biographies, James Joyce and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, January 8, 2021 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 3:25pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 1:06pm
“My late father considered the Bible the inerrant Word of God ghostwritten by a single privileged eyewitness from creation to revelation. I explained, no, it was actually a lost and found scrapbook riddled with time gaps, savage violence and contradictory accounts. And yet...”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'Persephone Station' Aims For The Stars — And Almost Makes It

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 10:00am
By Jason Sheehan

Stina Leicht's new sci-fi novel has a lot of moving parts: Space opera, rough-and-tumble mercenaries, corporate intrigue, alien first contact — and to her credit, she almost pulls it all off.

(Image credit: Gallery/Saga Press)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


A Comic Novel, a Mystery, a Love Story, a Melodrama — All About Words

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 5:00am
By Patricia T. O’Conner
Eley Williams’s first novel, “The Liar’s Dictionary,” is a hilarious and clever homage to the power of words, both real and imagined.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Ernest Cline Was ‘Raised by Screens.’ Look How Well He Turned Out!

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
With “Ready Player Two,” the novelist goes back to the future he created in “Ready Player One.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 3:50pm
By Parul Sehgal
Bette Howland’s 1974 memoir, recently reissued, recounts her time in a psychiatric ward and the people she met there.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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