Long Before Trump, Immigrant Detention Was Arbitrary and Cruel
“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.
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“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.
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In “The Paris Novel,” Ruth Reichl is a glutton for wish fulfillment.
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Two hundred years after his death, this Romantic poet is still worth reading.
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Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker unearth botany’s buried history.
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That Time Europe Tried to Bring Monarchy Back to Mexico
In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.
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Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book
Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood.
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17 Works of Nonfiction Coming This Spring
Memoirs from Brittney Griner and Salman Rushdie, a look at pioneering Black ballerinas, a new historical account from Erik Larson — and plenty more.
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27 Works of Fiction Coming This Spring
Stories by Amor Towles, a sequel to Colm Toibin’s “Brooklyn,” a new thriller by Tana French and more.
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Best-Seller Lists: April 28, 2024
All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.
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Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir
“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.
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For Caleb Carr, Salvation Arrived on Little Cat’s Feet
As he struggled with writing and illness, the “Alienist” author found comfort in the feline companions he recalls in a new memoir, “My Beloved Monster.”
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Savages! Innocents! Sages! What Do We Really Know About Early Humans?
In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell us more about us than them.
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Delmore Schwartz’s Poems Are Like Salt Flicked on the World
A new omnibus compiles the poet’s books and unpublished work, including his two-part autobiographical masterpiece, “Genesis.”
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She Lied, Cheated and Stole. Then She Wrote a Book About It.
In her buzzy memoir, “Sociopath,” Patric Gagne shows herself more committed to revel in her naughtiness than to demystify the condition.
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A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.
Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.
By Jonathan Kandell
Selected paperbacks from the Book Review, including titles by Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Kolbert, Tyriek White and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world.
By Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs
Three books describe the work of government investigators who want to uncover or bury the truth.
By John Knight
A new photo book reorients dusty notions of a classic American pastime.
By Walker Mimms
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
The composer Matthew Aucoin, Graham’s former student, and the director Peter Sellars have adapted her poems into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.”
By Joshua Barone
“I don’t want other people to miss out on the wisdom and joy this genre has to offer, the way I did for so long,” says the best-selling novelist. “Funny Story,” about a heartsore librarian and the new man in her life, is out next week.
Boots Riley, Earl Sweatshirt, Jennifer Egan, Amaarae and more tell us about their new projects.
Interviews by Kate Guadagnino
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