Books featured at The New York Times

 

Colum McCann: By the Book

The author of "TransAtlantic" and "Let the Great World Spin" says choosing a favorite living novelist is like walking the plank: "Inevitably you end up drowning, but at least it's in a sea of heroes."

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'The Quick'

By LAUREN OWEN
Reviewed by ANDREW SEAN GREER

A vampire novel set in Victorian London is told from multiple perspectives.

Food Networks

By CORBY KUMMER

Two books report on culinary trends, and offer a vision for sustainable farming and eating.

'The Letters of Robert Frost: Volume 1, 1886-1920'

Edited by DONALD SHEEHY, MARK RICHARDSON and ROBERT FAGGEN
Reviewed by WILLIAM LOGAN

The poet's letters reveal a dedicated writer and ambitious man.

'New Life, No Instructions'

By GAIL CALDWELL
Reviewed by KATE BOLICK

Gail Caldwell revisits a turning point in her life, one that opened up a world of new possibilities and connections.