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By Marie Myung-Ok Lee The latest fiction from Nic Stone, Elizabeth Wein, David Yoon and Arvin Ahmadi. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/books/review/young-adult-crossover-fiction.html

By Jennifer Szalai In his new book, Tom Vanderbilt says that our culture is so caught up in work and ambition that “we’re afraid of …

By Penelope Green His darkly comedic stories explored the experiences of Cambodian-Americans. His first book, the subject of a bidding war, is to be published …

“The written word is tough.” Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/books/review/jerry-seinfeld-by-the-book-interview.html

By Elisabeth Egan The voice behind hundred of audiobooks speaks out about what inspires her. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/books/review/delia-owens-where-the-crawdads-sing.html

By Vivian Marino Literary fans and celebrities who starred in Tolkien films start a crowdfunding campaign to preserve the house. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/realestate/tolkien-house-sale-oxford.html

By Jody Rosen In “The National Road,” Tom Zoellner set out to discover what connects us as Americans at a time when divisions run deep. …

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/books/review/walt-whitman-parenting-books-and-other-letters-to-the-editor.html

By Dalmeet Singh Chawla They can’t detect all conflicts, but new computer programs serve as guard rails when scientists and publishers fail to self-police. Source:: …

By The Associated Press In two books, she described Sammy Davis Jr.’s negligent parenting but also celebrated the intimate moments she shared with him toward …

By Charles Yu In Lethem’s new novel, “The Arrest,” a visitor upends the pastoral, postapocalyptic lives of a farming community in Maine. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/books/review/jonathan-lethem-arrest.html

By Dwight Garner Hilary Holladay’s biography examines the upbringing, poems, and political and sexual awakenings of the vital and influential writer. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/books/review-power-of-adrienne-rich-biography-hilary-holladay.html

By Marilyn Stasio Not much frightens Marilyn Stasio — except, as she admits in her new crime fiction column, eerie old dolls. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/books/review/crime-fiction-charlie-donlea-suicide-house.html

By Elizabeth A. Harris Don’t expect the usual bromides about hard work and resilience in “One Life.” The soccer star’s memoir gets into her political …

By Robert Gottlieb On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Robert Gottlieb considers a new book, “The Mystery of Charles Dickens,” by A.N. Wilson, …

By Jennifer Szalai In this book of essays, a finalist for a National Book Award, Jerald Walker writes that racism is “the great American disease …

“It’s done so much damage in fashioning savage notions of Africa.” Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/books/review/michael-eric-dyson-by-the-book-interview.html

By A.O. Scott In his first installment of a new series on overlooked or under-read American writers, A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The …

By Michiko Kakutani In this time of crisis, Michiko Kakutani writes, we are reminded that literature provides historical perspective, connecting us with others who lived …

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/books/review/is-physics-on-the-wrong-track-and-other-letters-to-the-editor.html

By Alexis Soloski The actor, who plays twin brothers in this new HBO series, and the director Derek Cianfrance discuss why this dark story of …

By Dwight Garner Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October” is about the scientific challenge, political turmoil and social horror of a pandemic. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/books/review-end-of-october-lawrence-wright.html

By Jake Nevins Until recently, gay literary characters had to hide their identities. But even now the closet — and the lies and concealment it …

By Christine Hauser Eight of the 10 titles identified in the American Library Association’s annual ranking of the most frequently banned or protested books featured …

By Parul Sehgal In “On Vanishing,” Lynn Casteel Harper argues that society needs a better approach to understand and care for people who are suffering …

By The New York Times Our favorite releases of the season, selected by Food reporters and editors from The New York Times. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/dining/best-cookbooks-coronavirus.html

By Sam Roberts She supported civil rights, but later, with her husband, Stephan, concluded that colorblind policies worked better than preferential treatment. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/abigail-thernstrom-dead.html

By Sam Roberts He wielded his pencil at Random House for more than 50 years, nurturing the writing of Seymour Hersh, Neil Sheehan, Pete Dexter …

By Raphael Minder He best-known work was “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories.” Mr. Sepúlveda was among the first people in Spain hospitalized with …

By Stacey Stowe Police were leading an extensive search for Mr. Beard, who disappeared on March 31. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/arts/design/peter-beard-found-montauk.html

By John Williams The journalist Eva Holland’s new book is an intimate and wide-ranging look at fears and trying to overcome them. Source:: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/books/nerve-science-fear-eva-holland-interview.html