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New in Paperback: ‘Ninth House’ and ‘Birth of a Dream Weaver’

Friday, October 16, 2020 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Letters to the Editor

Friday, October 16, 2020 - 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, October 15, 2020 - 3:22pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Just Like You, Claire Messud Never Read ‘A Brief History of Time’

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 11:54am
“I bought it because everyone else did, I guess.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Mother Takes Readers on a Journey With Her Autistic Son

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 9:08am
By Judith Newman
Amy S.F. Lutz asks difficult questions in “We Walk.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Marie Lu’s Audience Is the Wind Beneath Her Best-Selling Wings

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 7:41am
By Elisabeth Egan
In a world ripped from one of her novels, the young adult author draws strength from activist fans.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Underestimating These 'Maids' Is A Fatal Mistake

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 7:00am
By Etelka Lehoczky

Katie Skelly's uncanny new graphic novel retells the real-life story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin, who were working as maids when they brutally murdered their employers.

(Image credit: Fantagraphics)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


The Untold Technological Revolution Sweeping Through Rural China

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 5:00am
By Clive Thompson
In “Blockchain Chicken Farm,” Xiaowei Wang documents how technology is transforming the lives of China’s rural poor.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Counting,’ by Deborah Stone

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 5:00am
By Eugenia Cheng
In “Counting,” Deborah Stone argues that we shouldn’t put too much stock in numbers as a way to understand our lives.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Plain Bad Heroines’ Is a New Kind of Lesbian Fiction

Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 5:00am
By Lena Wilson
In her adult debut, Emily M. Danforth revisits Mary MacLane’s controversial 1902 confessional diary, with a contemporary Hollywood twist.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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