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FICTION: A mesmerizing novel about a young woman wrestling with grief and madness during the Blitz. "The Midnight News" by Jo Baker; Alfred A. Knopf (336 pages, $29) ——— Jo Baker's 2017 novel "A Country Road, A Tree" revolved around Samuel Beckett's war years in occupied France, specifically his clandestine work for the Resistance in Paris and his desperate flight south after the Nazis got ...
The first Black boxing champion was a man named Jack Johnson and a few years before he died in 1946, he told a young reporter, “Just remember, whatever you write about me, that I was a man.” You will meet this man in all his ferocity, style, audacity and courage in a spectacular new book, a dynamic and unforgettable collaboration between artist Youssef Daoudi and writer Adrian Matejka. “Last ...
FICTION: Emma Cline's latest is a wonderfully suspenseful examination of luxury, delusion, class and fear. "The Guest" by Emma Cline; Random House (291 pages, $28) ——— In Emma Cline's "The Guest," 22-year-old Alex lies, trespasses, manipulates and steals over the course of a summer week in a wealthy oceanside enclave. Originally the guest of Simon — a man more than twice her age — Alex loses ...
NONFICTION: A flaws-and-all examination of Martin Luther King Jr.'s critique of inequality and war. "King: A Life" by Jonathan Eig; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (688 pages, $35) ——— As he watched Black citizens declare war on segregation during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. realized "there is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals ...
FICTION: An outlandish coming-of-age story from a late, larger-than-life Argentine author. "Cousins" by Aurora Venturini, translated from the Spanish by Kit Maude; Soft Skull (208 pages, $17.95) ——— When Aurora Venturini's "Cousins" won the 2007 New Novel Award from Argentina's alternative newspaper Página/12, it seemed anachronistic. Venturini was 85 years old and had published dozens of ...
Don't Miss "Under the Henfluence" by Tove Danovich; Agate (274 pages, $27) ——— I don't know about you, but I live in a neighborhood that has lots of backyard chicken coops. On my morning walks, I can hear the birds cackling away (and, fun fact: Their sounds are not identifiable on my Cornell University Merlin birdcall ID app) and I love peering at their glossy, feathered bodies through the ...
"American Childhood: A Photographic History" by Todd Brewster; Scribner (320 pages, $36) ——— Of all the things America invented, the greatest might have been childhood. The nation’s Child Labor Act of 1916 finally freed youngsters from toiling in factories or laboring in coal mines. The post-war prosperity of the ‘50s gave tweens and teens pocket money, social lives and freedom. After years of ...
FICTION: 'The World' is an encyclopedic history of humanity as told through its ruling dynasties. "The World: A Family History of Humanity" by Simon Sebag Montefiore; Knopf (1,344 pages, $45) ——— "The world is too much with us," William Wordsworth lamented in a sonnet. "We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" I recalled these lines as I powered through Simon Sebag Montefiore's "The ...
"Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" by Henry Grabar; Penguin Press (368 pages, $30) ——— You might expect a book about parking to be a snore. I did. I've tried to read a few in the public library. Didn't get far. But I have news to report. Henry Grabar's "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" is not a slog; it's a romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, ...
Hinckley, now 67, recently agreed to sit down with The Virginia Gazette outside of a Williamsburg-area coffee shop.
Five American red wolves were born last month at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near the Outer Banks in an ongoing effort to bring back a species declared extinct in 1980.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2023, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Happy Place. Emily Henry. Berkley 2. The 23rd Midnight. ...
LOS ANGELES — Once, long ago, in the now-shuttered offices of LA Weekly on Sunset Boulevard, I was assigned to profile a young, hip writer named Thomas Beller. The year was 2000. Things did not go so well. Beller was on a national book tour for his debut novel, "The Sleep-Over Artist." I didn't know this, but he was going through a rough time personally. He didn't know this, but I was going ...
FICTION: It takes too long to get going, but the Oscar winner's informed view of life on a set is entertaining. "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece" by Tom Hanks; Knopf (436 pages, $32.50) ——— Imagine if "Forrest Gump" began with 30 minutes about shrimp fishing and you'll see the first issue with Tom Hanks' "The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece." The Oscar ...
FICTION: A middle-aged couple re-evaluate their definitions of happiness during a weeklong snowstorm. "The Half Moon" by Mary Beth Keane; Scribner (304 pages, $28) ——— Mary Beth Keane writes literary love stories. In her breakout novel, "Ask Again, Yes," she tells a modern story of star-crossed lovers from feuding families, reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy set in a working-class suburb ...
"For You and Only You" by Caroline Kepnes; Random House (448 pages, $28) ——— If Joe Goldberg, the wildly narcissistic, hilarious, hopelessly romantic serial killer at the center of three bestselling novels and the hit Netflix series “You,” were to write a novel, what would he call it? “Me,” of course. What else? In “For You and Only You,” her fourth novel about Joe, author Caroline Kepnes ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sitting under a picnic shelter in an east Raleigh park on a spring day with birdwatchers Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal is like being on celebrity watch with paparazzi. One second, they’re talking about the science that inspired their new book, “A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds,” and the next, a flash of brown in the periphery has Beverly snapping her ...
BALTIMORE — Baltimore author Laura Lippman’s deeply personal new memoir is a 42-page master class in discretion. In “The Summer of Fall: Gravity is a bitch, but I’m still standing,” the bestselling crime novelist outlines a painful period of her life during which she was beset by one loss after another: Over the past three years, Lippman’s marriage to the screenwriter and producer David Simon ...
FICTION: In the near future the most popular American reality TV program features prisoners fighting to the death for the chance to be free. "Chain-Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Pantheon (384 pages, $27) ——— With his 2018 debut story collection "Friday Black," Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah established himself as a formidable writer of literary speculative fiction, building fantastic ...
Chris Hewitt invites readers to talk about books. When I was told that sliding into this job would result in piles of books all over my house, I didn't work up the nerve to reply with the truth: There already are piles of books all over my house. It's intimidating to pick up the bookmark thrown down by the beloved and incredible Laurie Hertzel but I'm the guy who's going to give it a try — on ...
NONFICTION: A beautiful and deeply researched collection of essays about lovely objects and their less-than-lovely underbelly. "The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption" by Katy Kelleher; Simon & Schuster (272 pages, $27.99) ——— "Desire and repulsion exist in tandem," Katy Kelleher writes at the start of her multifaceted debut, "The Ugly History of Beautiful ...
Books in brief "When Life Gives You Vampires" by Gloria Duke; Sourcebooks (336 pages, $15.99) ——— So you've gobbled up Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series and you're still craving more vampire fare? Then dig into Gloria Duke's "When Life Gives You Vampires." Books about vampires run the gamut, of course, and there are plenty of options, but Duke's breezy novel has a twist on the ...