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‘Everyone Needs a Buddy’

Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 1:40am
By Renée Watson
In Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright’s graphic novel “Twins,” sisters navigate a sometimes cruel and changing world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: A Book Brings a Black Hero to Life

Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 1:35am
By Tochi Onyebuchi
“Becoming Muhammad Ali,” by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander, is a poetic retelling of the legendary boxer’s youth.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Square Dancing Belongs Somewhere Far Away … Like the 1800s’

Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 1:24am
By Erin Entrada Kelly
In “Lupe Wong Won’t Dance,” a seventh-grade girl who dreams of becoming a major-league pitcher is horrified by a new unit in gym class: square dancing.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In Times of Crisis, Life-Affirming Picture Books

Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 1:19am
By Dave Eggers
These new works from Tomi Ungerer, Sophie Blackall and Christian Robinson are realistic and — without being soppy — filled with hope.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


What Books Are Good for at the End of the World

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 12:22pm
By Kristen Radtke
Heat source or zombie blocker, imagining how books might serve us well in the apocalypse
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Writing Career Among Trailblazing Music Stars

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 12:13pm
Peter Guralnick talks about “Looking to Get Lost,” and Alex Ross discusses “Wagnerism.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Novel Follows Lives Scattered in the California Desert

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 11:25am
By Karolina Waclawiak
In “The Beforeland,” Corinna Vallianatos gives space and dignity to those plagued by their failures to launch.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New in Paperback: ‘All Blood Runs Red’ and ‘Frankissstein’

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 5:02am
By Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘Wagner’s Music is Bombastic and Boring’ and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 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, October 29, 2020 - 3:03pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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