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New York’s Old Guard Meets Feeld, a Very Sex-Positive Dating App

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:05am
By Alex Vadukul
The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Dinner for Vampires,’ by Bethany Joy Lenz

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:02am
By Fran Hoepfner
The “One Tree Hill” actor has written a memoir of the decade she spent beholden to the Big House Family — and her escape.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Absolution,’ by Jeff VanderMeer

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:02am
By Alec Nevala-Lee
The author’s Southern Reach trilogy, which began with “Annihilation” in 2014, now has a fourth installment, a prequel.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Best Books About Abortion and Reproductive Rights to Read Before the 2024 Election

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:02am
By Mattie Kahn
Journalists and scholars explore the issue at every level, from the movement that took down Roe to the human stories of women who had abortions, and those who were denied.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Karla’s Choice,’ by Nick Harkaway

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:01am
By Michael Wood
Nick Harkaway’s novel “Karla’s Choice” revisits the British spy George Smiley a few years after the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied,’ by Patrick Cockburn

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 5:02am
By Dwight Garner
With a weekly newsletter and plenty of charm, the left-wing writer Claud Cockburn became a crucial polemical voice of the 20th century.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


How the Writer André Aciman Learned to Live in Exile

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 5:02am
By Leah Greenblatt
When he was a teenager, Aciman’s family was turned out of Egypt and landed in Italy. In a beguiling new memoir, “Roman Year,” he revisits a lost era.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Best Books About the Economy to Read Before the 2024 Election

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 5:00am
By Jason Furman
The brightest minds explore the issue at every level, from the levers that control inflation to the best way to achieve work-life balance.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Roman Year,’ by André Aciman

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 5:00am
By Aminatta Forna
Recounting the time his family spent in a former Italian brothel, André Aciman’s new memoir, “Roman Year,” picks up where 1994’s “Out of Egypt” left off.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Patriot,’ by Alexei Navalny

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 12:03am
By David Kortava
The Russian opposition leader, who died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this year, tells the story of his struggle to wrest his country back from President Vladimir Putin.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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