'The
Laughing Monsters'
By DENIS JOHNSON
Reviewed by JOY WILLIAMS
In Denis
Johnson's new novel, set in Africa, a spy and his ne'er-do-well friend plan to
become rich by exploiting post-9/11 politics.
'A
Map of Betrayal'
By HA JIN
Reviewed by BEN MACINTYRE
In Ha Jin's new novel, a man drifts into the world of espionage and
becomes a long-term Chinese Communist mole within the C.I.A.
Bob
Odenkirk: By the Book
The actor and
author of "A Load of Hooey" keeps a volume of "hippie
philosophizing" on his shelves as a counterbalance to his "angry,
skeptical, scowling mind."
'The
Glass Cage: Automation and Us'
By NICHOLAS CARR
Reviewed by DANIEL MENAKER
Nicholas Carr
argues that becoming dependent on our technologies turns us into their slaves.
'This
Changes Everything'
By NAOMI KLEIN
Reviewed by ROB NIXON
The status
quo is no longer an option, Naomi Klein warns in this analysis of the climate
crisis.
'Gabriel:
A Poem'
By EDWARD HIRSCH
Reviewed by EMILY RAPP
Edward
Hirsch's book-length elegy on the death of his 22-year-old son.
'Being
Mortal'
By ATUL GAWANDE
Reviewed by SHERI FINK
Atul Gawande
believes that the medical profession's job is to "enable well-being,"
not just strive for survival.
'Empire
of Sin'
By GARY KRIST
Reviewed by WALTER ISAACSON
In the early
1900s, an 18-block area of New Orleans was a battleground between moral
reformers and purveyors of vice.
'Some
Luck'
By JANE SMILEY
Reviewed by PAUL ELIE
Jane Smiley's
novel, the first in a planned trilogy, follows an Iowa family over three
transformative decades in America.
'Losing
Our Way'
By BOB HERBERT
Reviewed by ADRIAN NICOLE LeBLANC
Bob Herbert
documents the struggles of ordinary Americans and issues a political call to
action.
Children's Books
B.
J. Novak's 'Book With No Pictures' and More
By MARK LEVINE
Five picture
books directly address young readers with unconventional storytelling.
Children's Books
'Rain
Reign'
By ANN M. MARTIN
Reviewed by RON SUSKIND
Ann M. Martin
tells the story of a lonely fifth-grade girl with autism who finds a soul mate
in a stray dog.
Children's Books
'100
Sideways Miles'
By ANDREW SMITH
Reviewed by MICHELLE HUNEVEN
A boy injured
in a bizarre accident yearns to break free of his overprotective novelist
father in this young adult novel.
Children's Books
Jim
Aylesworth's 'My Grandfather's Coat,' and More
By PAUL O. ZELINSKY
The older
generation guides the youngest and inspires creativity in these picture books.
'The
Doubt Factory' and 'Love Is the Drug'
By ROBIN WASSERMAN
Two young
adult thrillers exploit the conventions of genre to offer head-on critiques of
today's political landscape.
'The
Madman of Piney Woods'
By CHRISTOPHER PAUL
CURTIS
Reviewed by JERVEY TERVALON
In a small
Canadian town in 1901, boys from very different backgrounds meet, bond and
solve a mystery together.
Mike
Curato's 'Little Elliot, Big City,' and More
By MARK ROTELLA
Amid the
hustle and bustle of the big city, or the vast stillness of the desert, life is
better when there's someone to share it with.
'Ambassador'
and 'Lowriders in Space'
By HÉctor TOBAR
Latino
characters take readers on a journey into the cosmos in these middle-grade
books.
'I'll
Give You the Sun'
By JANDY NELSON
Reviewed by LAUREN OLIVER
A family
tragedy has left this novel's twin narrators unrecognizable to themselves and
each other.
'In
Real Life'
By CORY DOCTOROW.
Illustrated by JEN WANG.
Reviewed by CHRIS TAYLOR
A teenager joins
an all-female online group and is given a troubling assignment with real-world
repercussions.
'Afterworlds'
By SCOTT WESTERFELD
Reviewed by STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
This young
adult novel's 18-year-old protagonist is the author of her own young adult
novel about life after death.
Into
the Woods
By MARIA RUSSO
Neil Gaiman
and Lorenzo Mattotti reinvent "Hansel and Gretel."
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