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New York Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Every week, the critics and editors at the The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, mysteries and everything in between. You can save the books you're most excited to read on a personal reading list, and find even more recommendations from our book experts. What Kind of Paradise In Brown's sixth (and best) novel, a father-daughter duo live off the grid in remotest Montana. Something isn't quite right in their tightly controlled world; Jane, a perspicacious teenager, begins to realize that her father isn't who he says he is. When she makes a courageous break for freedom, we find ourselves embedded in the early dot-com boom in San Francisco. If the Unabomber had a daughter, this could be her story. It will definitely make you think about our reliance on technology (especially if you're squinting at a screen). Read our review. Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins In her entrancing, disturbing book, Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of a pair of twin girls born in China under the one-child rule. Their parents sent one of the babies to live with relatives, hoping she'd evade the scrutiny of authorities. Instead, she was kidnapped by a 'family planning' agency and adopted by Americans who were unaware of her origins. Demick's characters are richly drawn, and this story, reported over many years, delivers an emotional wallop. Read our review. Never Flinch King interweaves two story lines in his latest novel, which brings back the brilliant and eccentric investigator Holly Gibney. The first narrative begins with an anonymous letter threatening to kill '13 innocents and one guilty' as a bizarre act of retribution; the detective on the case turns to Holly for help. The second follows a feminist writer on a lecture circuit that has been disrupted by a violent stalker; who better to hire for protection than Holly? King raises the stakes — and the body count — as the twin plots converge. Read our review. Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin's boldly colored, formally inventive artwork inspired painters from Van Gogh and Picasso to the German Expressionists. In this terrific biography, Prideaux draws on recently discovered source material to deliver an enthralling account of an artist whose life was as inventive as his art. Read our review. Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar Yee's delightful and quirky novel takes place during a pause — between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo. The titular visit to a bar turns out not to be a setup for a joke, but a husband's admission to his wife that he's leaving her. Then our narrator — the soon-to-be-ex-wife — learns that she has cancer. She navigates both upheavals with dry humor, even finding it in her heart to write a most unexpected 'Guide to My Husband: A User's Manual.' (Comes out July 22) Read our review. Gingko Season This droll novel is about Penelope, a heartbroken 20-something working at a major museum in Philadelphia who meets a lab scientist and falls head over heels in love. It's an unremarkable setup propelled by Penelope's dry humor and populated with subtly drawn characters — the older couple she lives with; her opinionated college friends. Read our review. Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story Dulos, a wealthy, blonde Connecticut mother of five, disappeared without a trace in the midst of a contested divorce in 2019. Her body has never been found; her husband, Fotis, a luxury home builder, died by suicide not long after he was charged with her murder. Cohen tells this tale with skill and care, downplaying its luridness while exploring our queasy fascination with it. In his hands, it becomes a larger story of wealth in modern America. Read our review. A Family Matter Lynch's moving and passionate novel unfolds from two sides of a divorce. First we see the wife's perspective from the early 1980s, when she's a young mother in love with another woman; four decades later, we get her ex-husband's view as he's receiving a cancer diagnosis. In the meantime, their only child believes her mother is dead until she finds evidence to the contrary. Now a young mother herself, she must piece together the puzzle of her own past. Read our review. The South Set over the course of one languid summer, this shimmering, sensual, psychologically rich novel follows the intertwining dramas of a Malaysian family grappling with expectations and personal secrets at their remote, run-down farm. At the center of the story is Jay, the family's young, queer son, who finds himself developing a tense friendship/possible romance with the farm manager's rebellious son. Read our review. Harmattan Season Noir meets fantasy in Onyebuchi's latest, about a chronically unlucky private eye who gets roped into a simmering war in French-colonized West Africa after a woman shows up bleeding at his house, mysteriously vanishes and then reappears floating in the sky, dead. Read our review.
RNZ News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
This Compulsion in Us
Award-winning novelist Tina Makereti has written her first nonfiction book. A collection of essays, This Compulsion In Us brings Tina's perspective as wahine Maori - that of a teacher, daughter, traveller, and parent. and confrontis experiences with alcoholism and breast cancer. In her writing Tina also likes to explore unknowability and the uncanny. Tina Makereti is the author of three acclaimed novels: Where the Rekohu Bone Sings, The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke, and Ockham-shortlisted The Mires. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Entrepreneur
23-05-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Read Best-Selling Books in 15 Minutes
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. A survey by The Alternative Board discovered that 97% of small business owners work on the weekends. That doesn't leave much free time — which makes cracking open a book a rare treat for most entrepreneurs. If you still want to stay on top of best-selling nonfiction, let Headway Premium help. Join over 15 million users learning in their spare time If you want to read more books, join Headway. This handy service distills best-sellers into 15-minute summaries, making it easy to fit learning into even the busiest schedules. And right now, a lifetime subscription can be yours for just $59.99 (reg. $299.95) through June 1. If you don't have time to kick back with a book, Headway is ready to fill you in on what you're missing. Headway gives you access to over 1,500 concise summaries of best-selling nonfiction books. The topics range from personal development and business strategies to health and wellness, so you can fit some personal growth in on your lunch break. Depending on your preference, you can choose to read the summary or listen to a professionally narrated audio version. You don't have to worry about running out of content — new summaries are being added monthly. And the app employs a game-like approach to keep you invested, where you can earn achievements as you go. Want to go off the grid in your free time? Headway content is accessible offline, too. This lifetime subscription helps turn your downtime into lifelong learning. Just remember that these summaries don't replace the entire book, but they're a great way to discover topics you might want to explore further. Enjoy a lifetime subscription to Headway Premium for just $59.99 (reg. $299.95) through June 1. StackSocial prices subject to change.
Washington Post
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
2 books celebrating New York City culture and community win the Gotham Prize
NEW YORK — This year's winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York City as experienced on foot, bus and train. Ian Frazier, author of 'Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough,' and Nicole Gelinas, who wrote 'Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car,' will split the $50,000 in prize money given for books that 'encourage and honor writing about New York City,' award officials announced Monday. Philanthropists-political strategists Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson cofounded the Gotham prize in 2020 as a 'way to uplift the creative community' during the pandemic. In 'Paradise Bronx,' Frazier draws upon his years of walking about the New York City borough and weaves together everything from Revolutionary War history to baseball and hip-hop . Gelinas' 'Movement' continues the tradition of such classics as Robert Caro's 'The Power Broker' in documenting how New Yorkers have fought for the preservation and improvement of mass transit. 'This year, we are proud to award the Gotham Book Prize to two outstanding works of non-fiction that combine rigorous research with a unique point of view to illuminate the rich and complex history that makes New York City great,' Tusk and Wolfson said in a statement. 2021: James McBride, 'Deacon King Kong.' 2022: Andrea Ellott, 'Invisible Child.' 2023: John Wood Sweet, 'The Sewing Girl's Tale,' and Sidik Fofana, 'Stories from the Tenant Downstairs.' 2024: Colson Whitehead, 'Crook Manifesto.'
The Independent
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
2 books celebrating New York City culture and community win the Gotham Prize
This year's winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York City as experienced on foot, bus and train. Ian Frazier, author of 'Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough,' and Nicole Gelinas, who wrote "Movement: New York's Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car,' will split the $50,000 in prize money given for books that 'encourage and honor writing about New York City,' award officials announced Monday. Philanthropists-political strategists Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson cofounded the Gotham prize in 2020 as a 'way to uplift the creative community' during the pandemic. In 'Paradise Bronx,' Frazier draws upon his years of walking about the New York City borough and weaves together everything from Revolutionary War history to baseball and hip-hop. Gelinas' 'Movement' continues the tradition of such classics as Robert Caro's 'The Power Broker' in documenting how New Yorkers have fought for the preservation and improvement of mass transit. 'This year, we are proud to award the Gotham Book Prize to two outstanding works of non-fiction that combine rigorous research with a unique point of view to illuminate the rich and complex history that makes New York City great,' Tusk and Wolfson said in a statement. Previous notable Gotham Book Prize recipients 2021: James McBride, 'Deacon King Kong.' 2022: Andrea Ellott, 'Invisible Child.' 2023: John Wood Sweet, 'The Sewing Girl's Tale,' and Sidik Fofana, 'Stories from the Tenant Downstairs.' 2024: Colson Whitehead, 'Crook Manifesto.'
