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As Strega Nona Turns 50, Let’s Give Big Anthony a Fair Shake

Friday, April 25, 2025 - 5:00am
By Elisabeth Egan
As Tomie dePaola’s classic approaches a milestone birthday, Big Anthony is long overdue for a bit of sympathy.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


How the U.S. Naval Academy Is Bending the Knee to Trump

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 6:40pm
By John Ismay
Even before the presidential election, the school began preparing for Donald Trump’s potential return to power. Now faculty members are resigning in protest.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Leonard Zeskind, Researcher Who Foresaw Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 5:32pm
By Trip Gabriel
With “Blood and Politics,” he predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and warned about downplaying the threat.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


7 New Books We Recommend This Week

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 1:54pm
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Overlooked Clue Sheds Light on Shakespeare’s Marriage

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:48am
By Ephrat Livni
New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


This terrifying horror novel proves: Nothing is old if you make it new

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 7:52am
By Gabino Iglesias

Nat Cassidy's wildly entertaining novel is a superb example of how to work with clichés. When the Wolf Comes Home might sound like a werewolf novel — but it's an entirely different animal.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Rebel Romanov,’ by Helen Rappaport

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 5:00am
By Eva Wolchover
In her sprightly new biography, “The Rebel Romanov,” Helen Rappaport introduces us to the enigmatic Julie of Saxe-Coburg.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


New Books on the High-Tech Military-Industrial Complex

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 5:00am
By Max Chafkin
Experts tell the stories of entrepreneurs and executives who have inched closer and closer to their governments.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Interview: Rick Atkinson Discusses ‘The Fate of the Day’

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 5:00am
Being a storyteller is just fine with the journalist turned historian. “The Fate of the Day,” the second volume in his American Revolution trilogy, is out this month.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


AI eavesdrops on your sleep in this nightmarish 'Dream Hotel'

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 12:37pm
By Carolina Miranda

Laila Lalami's dystopian novel centers on a woman who's been incarcerated because an algorithm flagged her as a crime risk. The Dream Hotel paints a grim picture about the ways our data can betray us.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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