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- A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 by Ernst JüngerA review of A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 by Ernst Jünger at the Complete Review
- やさしい訴え by Ogawa YokoA review of やさしい訴え by Ogawa Yoko at the Complete Review
- The Mongolian Travel Guide by Svetislav BasaraA review of The Mongolian Travel Guide by Svetislav Basara at the Complete Review
- The Waiter by Matias FaldbakkenA review of The Waiter by Matias Faldbakken at the Complete Review
- The Fetishists: The Tuareg Epic by Ibrahim al-KoniA review of The Fetishists: The Tuareg Epic by Ibrahim al-Koni at the Complete Review
- City of Refuge by Kitakata KenzoA review of City of Refuge by Kitakata Kenzo at the Complete Review
- A Mysterious Affair of Style by Gilbert AdairA review of A Mysterious Affair of Style by Gilbert Adair at the Complete Review
- Night School: A Reader for Grownups by Bán ZsófiaA review of Night School: A Reader for Grownups by Bán Zsófia at the Complete Review
- Missing Persons, Animals, and Artists by Roberto RansomA review of Missing Persons, Animals, and Artists by Roberto Ransom at the Complete Review
- Maigret in Court by Georges SimenonA review of Maigret in Court by Georges Simenon at the Complete Review
- City of Ash and Red by Pyun Hye-YoungA review of City of Ash and Red by Pyun Hye-Young at the Complete Review
- The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy by Sophus A. ReinertA review of The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy by Sophus A. Reinert at the Complete Review
- Choice Cuts by Boileau-NarcejacA review of Choice Cuts by Boileau-Narcejac at the Complete Review
- The Dark Room by Yoshiyuki JunnosukeA review of The Dark Room by Yoshiyuki Junnosuke at the Complete Review
- Dragon Island by Jacques GodboutA review of Dragon Island by Jacques Godbout at the Complete Review
- Normans område by Jan KjærstadA review of Normans område by Jan Kjærstad at the Complete Review
- Wild Animals Prohibited: Stories, Anti-stories by Subimal MisraA review of Wild Animals Prohibited: Stories, Anti-stories by Subimal Misra at the Complete Review
- The Plotters by Kim Un-suA review of The Plotters by Kim Un-su at the Complete Review
- EEG by Daša DrndićA review of EEG by Daša Drndić at the Complete Review
- When I was Old by Georges SimenonA review of When I was Old by Georges Simenon at the Complete Review
- The Embalmer by Anne-Renée CailléA review of The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé at the Complete Review
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- Mary Oliver, Prize-Winning Poet of the Natural World, Dies at 83With its plain language and minute attention to flora and fauna, her uplifting verse was widely popular and her readings drew throngs. But critics were divided.
- Books News: All Souls Trilogy: Harry Potter for Grown-Ups?Deborah Harkness’s best-selling series — brimming with magic, time travel and witches — has spawned an avid fan base, an annual convention, and now, a splashy TV adaptation.
- Books of The Times: O.K., Google: How Much Money Have I Made for You Today?In “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” Shoshana Zuboff methodically dissects a new economic order that exploits our “every move, emotion, utterance and desire.”
- Essay: Reading Proust in the GulagWhat books do we turn to as we prepare to die?
- Help Desk: Dealing With Anxiety, Mental Illness and GriefIn her latest Help Desk column, Judith Newman consults three books that offer guidance to readers navigating through tense times.
- Nonfiction: Dani Shapiro’s New Memoir Uncovers a Life-Changing Family Secret“Inheritance” explores the way we construct our identities, and how much our belief in a blood connection to our parents shapes how we view ourselves.
- Fiction: A Sudden Death Shakes Loose Four Intertwined LivesIn Tessa Hadley’s novel “Late in the Day,” the bonds of love and loyalty are frayed when a widow and her married friends confront the loss of her husband.
- The Book Review Podcast: How Curses Function in LiteratureJulian Lucas talks about the role of curses in contemporary African literature, and Abby Ellin discusses “Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married.”
- A Book Lover’s Haven Turns 100The Grolier Club, the nation’s oldest society of bibliophiles, just celebrated the centennial of its grand Manhattan home. Yes, there’s a secret staircase hidden in a bookshelf. No, do not use gloves in its library.
- Fiction: A Madcap New Novel Bursts With Fake Gurus, Yoga and a Bit of Bone-Marrow Smuggling“Hark” — Sam Lipsyte’s first novel since 2010’s “The Ask” — is a riff-filled skewering of contemporary culture.
- Further Reading: Mary Oliver on Grief and LossOliver, the hugely popular poet, died Thursday. Readers turned to her work to find comfort. Here’s a selection of some of her best-known writing on loss and mourning.
- Fiction: Exploring the Personal Legacy of Ingmar Bergman and Liv UllmannIn her novel “Unquiet” their daughter, Linn Ullmann, recaptures memories of her childhood, portraying a family that was splintered from the start.
- Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This WeekSuggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
- By the Book: Leila Slimani: By the BookThe author of “Adèle” and “The Perfect Nanny” (one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018) likes that her shelves are a mess: “It takes me a long time to find the book I need, and very often I find another one I had totally forgotten about.”
- Nonfiction: Behind the Guitar HeroesIn “The Birth of Loud,” Ian Port traces the invention and evolution of the electric guitar.
- Books of The Times: A Newly Published Story for the New Way We Read Sylvia Plath“Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom” is a brief allegorical tale of a train journey into hell.
- M. Night Shyamalan’s Biggest Twist? Coming Full CircleThe director said his new film, “Glass,” was the toughest he has ever made. Yet the man once called “the Next Spielberg” says he is back where he wants to be.
- Newsbook: As Los Angeles Teachers Strike, 3 Books Chronicle Educators’ Years-Long Fight for Better Working ConditionsTheir claims and demands are not new.
- Nonfiction: Hacker for HireIn “Breaking and Entering,” Jeremy Smith tells the story of a brilliant, larger-than-life computer scientist who runs her own boutique cybersecurity firm.
- No Regrets: A Boozy Wake for Bygone Magazine EditorsRetail moguls toast their own struggling industry at separate gala.
- Mellon Foundation Grants $2.2 Million to Academy of American PoetsTwo grants will help start a new fellowship program and support the work of the Poetry Coalition.
- New & NoteworthyA selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
- Francine du Plessix Gray, Searching Novelist and Journalist, Is Dead at 88She explored the obstacles confronting women seeking their place in the world as well as her own privileged but unsettled life under the sway of daunting parents.
- Front Burner: A Book That Gets to the Bottom of Green-Bean Casserole“American Advertising Cookbooks” looks at how big food brands helped shape the American palate.
- Nonfiction: Jason Rezaian Recounts His 544 Days of Captivity in IranIn “Prisoner,” the former Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post shows that the most innocent activities in Iran could get you accused of spying.
- Books of The Times: The Real-Life Story of ‘The Last Whalers’ Reads Like a First-Rate NovelDoug Bock Clark’s first book is an immersive, densely reported look at a tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who live on a remote Indonesian island.
- The Hunt for the Nazi Loot Still Sitting on Library ShelvesThe art stolen by the Nazis has gotten more attention, but millions of books were also looted from Jews, and others, and have yet to be returned.
- Books News: Bob Woodward to Receive PEN Literary Service AwardThe gala will be held May.
- John Burningham, Author Who Piqued Young Imaginations, Dies at 82A prolific writer and illustrator of children’s books — “a picture-book pioneer” — whose titles include “Avocado Baby” and “Whaddayamean.”
- Did ‘Hamilton’ Get the Story Wrong? One Playwright Thinks SoIshmael Reed, who became a MacArthur fellow 17 years before Lin-Manuel Miranda, questions why Native Americans were left out of the show, for one thing.
- Lamin Sanneh, Scholar of Islam and Christianity, Dies at 76Born on a river island in West Africa and inspired by Helen Keller, he wound up teaching at Yale and writing about the spread of religions in Africa.
- noted: Millennial, Book and CandleThis old-fashioned reading aid is lit.
- Q. & A.: With a Possible Presidential Bid in 2020, Kamala Harris Talks About Her New BookHarris discusses her new memoir, “The Truths We Hold,” which recounts her childhood, her tenure as California’s attorney general and the political landscape we inhabit now.
- Inside the List: Some Dos and Don’ts From Famous WritersSome best-selling novelists have written books about their craft. Others dispense advice on Twitter, their websites and in interviews and articles.
- ‘Harry Potter’ at Night: Historical Society Extends Exhibition HoursDuring the final week of a blockbuster exhibition, the museum will offer visitors a late-night Potter fix.
- Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate, Brings Her Podcast to Public Radio“The Slowdown,” which debuted in November, will be broadcast on several public radio stations in the United States.
- Fiction: After 18 Years in Prison, a Woman Tries to Find Her Way HomeMesha Maren’s debut novel, “Sugar Run,” sets a quest for re-entry against the backdrop of modern Appalachia.
- Children’s Books: Flying Through the Night to Defeat the NazisIn “A Thousand Sisters,” Elizabeth Wein tells the thrilling true story of the World War II Soviet all-female air regiments who flew 24,000 missions into “a continuous curtain of fire.”
- The Shortlist: Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese WritersStory collections by Akiyuki Nosaka and Taeko Kono, plus a short novel by the great Yukio Mishima.
- Fiction: Characters Who Crave a Return to the Past, Human Sacrifice and AllSarah Moss’s novel “Ghost Wall” describes how the notion of “original Britishness” can lead to no good.
- New in Paperback: ‘King Zeno,’ ‘The Monk of Mokha’Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
- From Our Archives: Revisiting Anne Frank’s Diary — ‘A Warm and Stirring Confession’In 1952, Meyer Levin reviewed “The Diary of a Young Girl” for the Book Review. Here’s an excerpt.
- Children’s Books: Reframing Refugee Children’s StoriesIn “We Are Displaced,” the Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gathers stories from girls around the world who, like her, have had to flee their homes.
- Nonfiction: A Habitual Liar Almost Conned Abby Ellin Into Marrying Him. Instead, He Gave Her the Idea for a Book.In “Duped,” Ellin describes her ruinous relationship and other cases of deception.
- Fiction: What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests“Revolution Sunday,” by the banned novelist Wendy Guerra, traces a young exile’s struggle against censorship — political, literary and personal.
- Letters to the EditorReaders respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.