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CreditThe New York Times 17 New Books Coming in April
New novels from Emily Henry, Jo Piazza and Rachel Khong; a history of five ballerinas at the Dance Theater of Harlem; Salman Rushdie’s memoir and more.
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The author has dominated horror fiction, and arguably all popular fiction, for decades. Here’s where to start.
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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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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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CreditJean-Regis Rouston/Roger Viollet, via Getty Images Read Your Way Through the San Francisco Bay Area
The Bay Area has had many lives. The Oakland novelist Leila Mottley shares books that paint a picture of the city that lives and breathes today.
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The Essential J.M. Coetzee
His spare, icily precise books explore humanity’s most serious themes, including South Africa’s legacy of apartheid. And not all of them are downers.
By Jason Farago
Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek.”
By Barbara Kingsolver
Read Your Way Through Hanoi
Hanoi, long a city of storytellers, has been devastated and reborn time and time again. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai guides readers through the literature that has played a part in that renewal.
By Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
14 New Books Coming in August
Novels from Ann Patchett and James McBride, a biography of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong and a handful of edgy thrillers — including one about a scuba driver swallowed by a whale.
By The New York Times Books Staff
Read Your Way Through Maine
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and inspiration for writers.
By Lily King
Read Your Way Through Salvador
The writer Itamar Vieira Junior says that to “feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador” in Bahia, Brazil, a reader must start with Jorge Amado.
By Itamar Vieira Junior and translated by Johnny Lorenz
The Essential John le Carré
His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books.
By Sam Adler-Bell
Read Your Way Through the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
The poet and novelist Luis Alberto Urrea thinks the borderlands are the most interesting book in the world, being rewritten every day. These are his recommendations.
By Luis Alberto Urrea
9 New Books Coming in June
Elliot Page discusses his gender transition in a new memoir, and S.A. Cosby returns with a police thriller. Also: New Lorrie Moore!
By Joumana Khatib
A Brief Guide to Martin Amis’s Books
The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.
By The New York Times Books Staff
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