Category: BEST SELLER

By Janique Vigier Moyra Davey’s work moves freely between photography, video and writing but is united in its unwavering attention to the objects and accidents …

Steven Johnson talks about “Enemy of All Mankind,” and Gilbert Cruz offers a guide to Stephen King’s work. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/books/review/podcast-enemy-of-all-mankind-piracy-steven-johnson-stephen-king-gilbert-cruz.html

By Ayana Mathis “The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett, considers fraught questions of racial identity, personal freedom and community in a story that stretches from …

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/review/11-new-books-to-read-this-week.html

By Joumana Khatib An important gay civil rights history, the story of human migration and summery, juicy new novels from Kevin Kwan, J. Courtney Sullivan, …

By Concepción de León The Harry Potter author said her new fairy tale would go online in installments, starting Tuesday, and published as a book …

By Joan Silber “Red Dress in Black and White,” by Elliot Ackerman, features an American woman anxious to leave her Turkish husband as political unrest …

By Rawiya Kameir In “Fairest,” Meredith Talusan looks back on her life lived at the intersection of genders, races, sexualities and cultures. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/books/review/fairest-meredith-talusan.html

By Alexandra Alter What do copyright and authorship mean in the crowdsourced realm known as the Omegaverse? Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/business/omegaverse-erotica-copyright.html

By Vera Brosgol In Remy Lai’s “Fly on the Wall,” an overprotected boy who feels invisible at school creates an eavesdropping alter ego. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/books/review/remy-lai-fly-on-the-wall.html

By Kaly Soto Summer reading. One teenager’s fight against the new Covid syndrome. Running while black. Annie Glenn dies. Suze Orman. Spike Lee. Ronan Farrow. …

By Lisa Abend Patrik Svensson mixed natural history with memoir for his debut, which has become a surprise best seller and award winner in his …

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/books/review/8-new-books-to-read-this-week.html

If you know what you’ve liked in the past, here are some books that might work for you now. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/books/summer-reading-suggestions.html

By Amy Qin In her fiction she depicted “the struggle of Chinese immigrants in American society” — not the “Oriental exoticism” preferred by many publishers …

By Alexandra Alter Authors are racing to produce timely accounts of the outbreak, with works that range from reported narratives to spiritual guides. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/books/coronavirus-books-publishing.html

By Lucy Knisley In Lisa Brown’s first long-form graphic novel, “The Phantom Twin,” a formerly conjoined twin touring in a sideshow feels the pang of …

By Daniel Kraus In Kenneth Oppel’s “Bloom,” three meek teenagers seem poised to inherit the earth. But what kind of earth will it be? Source:: …

By Neil Genzlinger His books broke new ground in political science, emphasizing politicians’ interactions not in Washington but in their home districts. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/us/politics/richard-fenno-dead.html

By Florence Fabricant A new cookbook profiles the makers at this popular outdoor food festival, on hold until the pandemic passes. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/dining/queens-night-market-cookbook.html

By Dwight Garner In her new novel, Sittenfeld writes about the life of Hillary Rodham in a slightly alternate world. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/books/review-rodham-curtis-sittenfeld-hillary-clinton.html

By Motoko Rich Mieko Kawakami, whose novel “Breasts and Eggs” was just published in English, has become something of a feminist icon in her male-dominated …

By Joumana Khatib To commemorate Teacher Appreciation Week, we asked writers this question , and we’d love to hear from you, too. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/books/teacher-appreciation-week-books.html

By Stephanie Powell Watts Francesca Momplaisir’s debut novel, “My Mother’s House,” examines the depths of depravity from three perspectives, including a home’s. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/books/review/francesca-momplaisir-my-mothers-house.html

Lydia Millet talks about “A Children’s Bible,” and Barry Gewen discusses “The Inevitability of Tragedy.” Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/books/review/podcast-lydia-millet-childrens-bible-inevitability-of-tragedy-henry-kissinger-barry-gewen.html

By Daniel E. Slotnik After his 1965 single “You Turn Me On” became a Top 10 hit, he renounced rock stardom for older musical idioms …

By Jen Doll In Abby Sher’s “Miss You Love You Hate You Bye,” two best friends prove to be their own worst enemies. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/books/review/miss-you-love-you-hate-you-bye-abby-sher.html

By Brandy Colbert In “Yes No Maybe So,” by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed, two teenagers from different backgrounds feel a spark while canvassing for …

By Alexandra Marvar Why settle for a tea cozy when you can make knitwear fit for a nuclear winter? Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/style/self-care/knitting-for-the-apocalypse.html

By Hillary Kelly The author of “Sweetbitter” has written a memoir about the pain she’s suffered from — and caused to — those she’s loved. …

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/books/review/10-new-books-to-read-this-week.html

By Neil Genzlinger He took part in the storied San Francisco reading where Allen Ginsberg unveiled a version of “Howl.” He went on to have …

By Lovia Gyarkye This Netflix documentary shows a familiar, albeit more carefree, former first lady. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/movies/becoming-review-michelle-obama.html