9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller Is Back. This Time He’s the Suspect.
In “The Law of Innocence,” someone has planted a corpse in the trunk of the snazzy lawyer’s famous Lincoln Town Car.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘A Promised Land,’ by Barack Obama
This first volume of the former president’s memoirs brims with warmth, humor and introspection.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Former President Obama Tells His Story His Way — And Makes His Case For History
Obama's ascent thrilled millions, but also stirred a counter-movement that is still on the march. His new memoir A Promised Land covers his rise through the second year of his presidency.
(Image credit: Crown)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe's 'One Life' Is Mostly A Call To Action
Rapinoe's book traces her own political awakening in the hopes that other people will follow in her footsteps and understand that they have an imperative to speak out about injustice in the world.
(Image credit: Penguin Press)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Christie Tate Wrote a Best Seller About Group Therapy. Fellow Members Approved.
She tried her hand at fiction, to no avail. So she wrote a memoir about a circle of strangers instead.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Where Does Our Consciousness Overlap With an Octopus’s?
In “Metazoa,” Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the ocean depths to illuminate how the minds of animals work.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Influenced Lenny Kravitz’s Memoir
“It helped me reshuffle things in my head and how I wanted to speak.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
This Medical Memoir Reads Like a Detective Story
A young woman’s diagnosis is only the beginning of the mystery in “Lightning Flowers.” As Katherine E. Standefer tried to make sense of her heart condition, her conscience sent her on a trip across the world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
How Rose Dugdale Went From British Debutante to I.R.A. ‘Freedom Fighter’
In “The Woman Who Stole Vermeer,” Anthony M. Amore recounts the social history that led to the biggest female-led art heist ever committed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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