Saturday, October 31, 2020

Kids’ Graphic Novels That Turn the Superhero Genre on Its Head


BY GENE LUEN YANG via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Grégoire Bouillier, Augusten Burroughs, Arthur H : la chronique « poches » de Véronique Ovaldé


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

Philip Pullman’s New ‘Dark Materials’ Book Brims With Familiar Delights


BY LEV GROSSMAN via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘Everyone Needs a Buddy’


BY RENÉE WATSON via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: A Book Brings a Black Hero to Life


BY TOCHI ONYEBUCHI via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘Square Dancing Belongs Somewhere Far Away … Like the 1800s’


BY ERIN ENTRADA KELLY via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

In Times of Crisis, Life-Affirming Picture Books


BY DAVE EGGERS via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Friday, October 30, 2020

Bandes dessinées : nos dix coups de cœur de l’automne


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

What Books Are Good for at the End of the World


BY KRISTEN RADTKE via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

A Writing Career Among Trailblazing Music Stars


Unknown Author via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

A Novel Follows Lives Scattered in the California Desert


BY KAROLINA WACLAWIAK via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

If you’re thinking of a drastic lifestyle change, ‘Off Grid Life’ will feed your fantasy (or kill it)


By Tim Smith via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

We’ll still be divided after Trump. But the fault lines will move.


By Carlos Lozada via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Four presidents who put Virginia’s stamp on early America


By Andrew Burstein via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

October paperback releases: 14 books to read now


By Stephanie Merry via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

They survived World War II — but were left stranded in Germany


By Steven Roberts via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Familiar Fauci anecdotes, told with a Brooklyn accent


By Amy Goldstein via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next?


By Robert Service via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Reconfinement : les librairies n’échappent pas à la fermeture


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

New in Paperback: ‘All Blood Runs Red’ and ‘Frankissstein’


BY JENNIFER KRAUSS via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘Wagner’s Music is Bombastic and Boring’ and Other Letters to the Editor


Unknown Author via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

« Durer », de Pierre Caye : la chronique « philosophie » de Roger-Pol Droit


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

James Beard’s outsize appetites and carefully hidden secrets


By Tim Carman via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Thursday, October 29, 2020

« Des sourires et des hommes », de Marie-Françoise Salès : souriez ! Vous êtes humains !


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

‘The Cold Millions,’ Jess Walter’s celebration of forgotten heroes, is one of the most captivating novels of the year


By Ron Charles via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

16 New Books to Watch For in November


BY JOUMANA KHATIB via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Getting Lost Helped V.E. Schwab Find the Idea for Her 20th Book


BY ELISABETH EGAN via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Steve Martin Likes Books in the ‘I Can’t Put This Down’ Genre


Unknown Author via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Adonis, Bill Bryson, Irène Frain, Sam Shepard… Les brèves critiques du « Monde des livres »


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The Best of the Kennedys?


BY JEFF SHESOL via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Le sourire, une famille algérienne, l’ultime enquête de Bernie Gunther… Nos coups de cœur littéraires


By via Le Monde Livres : Toute l’actualité sur Le Monde.fr. | Disclosure

Diane di Prima, Poet of the Beat Era and Beyond, Dies at 86


BY NEIL GENZLINGER via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Heather Clark’s ‘Red Comet’ is an exhaustively researched, often brilliant biography of Sylvia Plath


By Paul Alexander via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

In ‘Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise,’ working-class Archie Leach becomes a Hollywood legend


By Louis Bayard via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Using the Law to Fight Epidemics, for Better and Worse


BY JENNIFER SZALAI via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Washington Post hardcover bestsellers


/For Halloween: a critic’s pick of macabre treats for your library


By Michael Dirda via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Shifting the Focus From Sylvia Plath’s Tragic Death to Her Brilliant Life


BY DAPHNE MERKIN via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Visions of New Worlds, Both Hopeful and Nightmarish


BY HILLARY CHUTE via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Daniel Menaker, Book Editor Who Wrote With Wit, Dies at 79


BY SAM ROBERTS via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

An Expedition Deep Into an Underworld of Online Hate


BY CAROLYN KELLOGG via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial’ is a tender look at modern family life


By Ron Charles via Washington Post Books | Disclosure

This Memoirist Got By With a Little Help From Strangers


BY DANI SHAPIRO via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

When It Comes to Aging Parents, Information and Solidarity Are Key


BY ALEX WITCHEL via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Jess Walter’s New Novel Revisits a Turbulent Era Much Like Our Own


BY JOSHUA FERRIS via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

New & Noteworthy, From Joe Biden to a Rock Novel in Verse


Unknown Author via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

In Bryan Washington’s ‘Memorial,’ a Young Gay Couple Is Divided by Race, Class and Culture


BY RYU SPAETH via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

When a Kidnapping Ring Targeted New York’s Black Children


BY PARUL SEHGAL via NYTimes Books | Disclosure

The Best Thrillers of 2025

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year. Sarah Lyall | NYTimes Books | Disclosure