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A Spellbinding Debut Leaps Across Genres to Recreate the Confusion of Trauma

Friday, July 24, 2020 - 5:00am
By Megan Abbott
Kate Reed Petty’s “True Story,” focuses on the rippling, decades-long impact from a high school sexual assault.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Does ‘His & Hers’ Mean Cozy Domestic Bliss? Not in This Book

Friday, July 24, 2020 - 5:00am
By Megan Goldin
Alice Feeney’s detective story shows just how small the world is for people who would rather not find each other.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


On the ‘Mitchellverse’ and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, July 24, 2020 - 5:00am
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


10 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 7:37pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Think Fantasy Is Kid Stuff? Try 'Trouble The Saints'

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 10:00am
By Danny Lore

Alaya Dawn Johnson's new novel is set in New York on the eve of World War II, in a world where a few lucky (well, not that lucky) people are gifted with "saints' hands," that give them strange skills.

(Image credit: Tor Books)

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Jacob Soboroff Saw Kids in Cages. Then He Started Talking — and Writing.

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
In his new best seller about the practice of family separation, the NBC News correspondent does not mince words.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


An Elegant, Ice-Cold Thriller Served Straight Up With a Twist

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 5:00am
By Adam Sternbergh
In Stan Parish’s new novel, “Love and Theft,” a Vegas jewel heist goes off perfectly. Or does it?
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Last Book That Made Aimee Bender Laugh Out Loud

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 5:00am
“Especially the most amazingly weird and right sentence with ‘lasagna’ in it.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘The Pull of the Stars,’ by Emma Donoghue: An Excerpt

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 4:05pm
An excerpt from “The Pull of the Stars,” by Emma Donoghue
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


‘The Unidentified,’ by Colin Dickey: An Excerpt

Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 3:39pm
An excerpt from “The Unidentified,” by Colin Dickey
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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