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Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book
Pick one up. Be seduced by its glossy cover. Gaze upon the impossibly muscular body clad in a skin-tight suit. Our hero or heroine ... -
Historian McCullough’s curiosity abounds in ‘History Matters’
The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. “And once ... -
Min Jin Lee’s ‘Pachinko’ follow-up, ‘American Hagwon,’ will explore Korean education obsession
Min Jin Lee’s first novel since her million-selling “Pachinko” is a long book that grew out of a basic question: What do Koreans care ... -
A novelist on book tour is stalked by a stranger
Author Hank Phillippi Ryan has written a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours” about an author on tour to promote a crime ... -
Icelandic detective stars in ‘the missing crime writer’
When we last saw Icelandic police detective Helgi Reykdal, he was lying unconscious in a pool of blood after being bashed in the head ... -
Evidence of historian David McCullough’s curiosity abounds in ‘History Matters’
The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. “And once ... -
Wife digs into husband’s past and finds unsettling things in ‘I Become Her’
Imogene’s first serious love affair ended when she discovered her partner was unfaithful, and this has left the insecure young woman watchful and suspicious. ... -
A private eye investigates whether her husband sent an innocent man to prison
Joe Green is serving time for killing his ex-wife’s divorce lawyer, but he claims he didn’t do it. Nick Carelli, the Chicago homicide detective ... -
Following a vicious attack, a woman solves her own murder in Holly Jackson novel
After the shattering conclusion of “Not Quite Dead Yet,” author Holly Jackson addresses her readers this way: “… and breathe. Sorry. I know that ... -
‘The Roma’ blends memoir and research to look at a marginalized group
The Roma: A Travelling History” is a fascinating look at a marginalized and misunderstood group of people who have encountered hostility for centuries. Written ... -
‘Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil’ doesn’t live up to book’s promise
One of the most challenging things about any biography of Bob Dylan is piercing the reticence the legendary singer and songwriter has displayed in ... -
Michael Luo tells the harrowing story of Chinese exclusion in America
The history of Chinese immigrants in America is about far more than one ethnic group. As Michael Luo’s “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging ... -
‘Fatherhood’ studies the impact of family ties through history
The painter Norman Rockwell was known for his depictions of calm, domestic life in America, but his home life was nowhere near those idyllic ... -
‘Whack Job’ tells the story of a simple survival tool turned murder weapon
From the murder of a Neanderthal-like man to the infamous Lizzie Borden, “Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder” provides a sarcastic, witty and ... -
Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype
Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also ... -
‘John & Paul’ explores complex ties between Lennon and McCartney
Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul ... -
‘Disposable’ a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Five years after COVID-19 first emerged, the United States is still grappling with the aftereffects of the pandemic that killed millions of people worldwide. ... -
Hunted by the FBI and Russian Oligarch, a hedge fund manager flees into the wilderness
Paul Brightman, a former hedge fund manager, has been keeping a low profile, changing his name to Grant Anderson and making a modest living ... -
‘This Beautiful, Ridiculous City’ captures New York in an emotional graphic memoir
Kay Sohini’s move from India to New York was an escape, rebirth and reunion all wrapped in one, leaving behind an abusive relationship and ... -
Kyle Paoletta’s ‘American Oasis’ offers lessons for a hotter, drier world
Albuquerque-born author Kyle Paoletta takes readers on a virtual road trip around his native region, transporting us across hundreds of years and thousands of ... -
Oprah Winfrey opens 2025 with an encore. ‘A New Earth’ is her book club pick for a second time
Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favorite. She has selected Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life Purpose” for her ... -
A mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina
It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and ... -
A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu’s unnerving debut novel
Meadow is coming up on 10 years living in New York, and he’s still adrift. His boyfriend ghosted him, his current residence is actually ... -
Paula Hawkins returns with psychological thriller
Since bursting on the scene in 2015 with “The Girl on a Train,” Paula Hawkins has established herself as a reliable writer of psychological ... -
A New York writer finds solace in a Northern Irish town
Can what looks like running away from grief and sadness actually be a way to heal? In “The Slow Road North,” writer Rosie Schaap ... -
What’s it like to be a rental stranger? Kat Tang’s debut novel imagines an answer
As our lives become more automated, increasingly niche jobs materialize to fill in the gaps. Ours is a society in which people hire celebrities ... -
Hillary Clinton to release essay collection about personal and public life
Hillary Clinton’s next book is a collection of essays, touching upon everything from marriage to politics to faith, that her publisher is calling her ... -
‘Swole’ or, what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world
Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of ... -
A remake of ‘Road House’ with Gyllenhaal turns into a muscular, Florida romp
Elwood P. Dalton is a classy sort of bouncer. While five tough guys circle him outside a bar looking to bash his skull ... -
‘Sugar, Baby’ is a train wreck with no consequences that you can’t help but read
Agnes Green grew up on the poor side of a town outside London in the new novel “Sugar, Baby.” She’s been an outsider her ... -
The Velvet Underground’s story and afterlife told in the oral history ‘Loaded’
Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a multi-band bill at a suburban New Jersey high school in 1965. Parents ... -
David Mamet screams at clouds in new collection of grievances about Hollywood
Just in time for Christmas, when you need a gift for that weird old uncle who is upset that everyone gets a trophy in ... -
A dazzlingly fun historical fiction, ‘A True Account’ tests the borders of reality
Hannah Masury, for a brief time, was a pirate. At least, according to the mysterious manuscript that shows up on Professor Marian Beresford’s desk, ... -
‘Eyeliner’ examines the staple makeup product’s revolutionary role in global society
Zahra Hankir opens “Eyeliner: A Cultural History” by marveling over her mother’s elegant beauty process as she delicately sweeps black kohl on her waterline, ... -
Broad themes meet niche topics in Fadipe’s debut novel
Dara’s dream of defying the odds and becoming a partner at her firm is just within reach when Lani enters the picture. This handsome ...
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