Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Hunter Biden’s singular memoir of grief and addiction


By Marianne Szegedy-Maszak | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Cheer yourself up with light comedies from another era


By Michael Dirda | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

‘Midnight Cowboy’ was a masterpiece made of desperation


By James Hirsch | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’ is a dazzling debut full of unforgettable characters


By Danielle Evans | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

How Health Care Became the Big Industry in Steel City


BY JENNIFER SZALAI | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence.


By Charles Arrowsmith | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Washington Post hardcover bestsellers


The many faces of Ramona Quimby


By Nora Krug | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Her Book Is About Belonging. She’s Struggling With the Idea.


BY ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

3 Picture Books Get the Royal Treatment


BY SABRINA ORAH MARK | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Hunter Biden’s Memoir: 7 Takeaways From ‘Beautiful Things’


BY ELISABETH EGAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Robert Hershon, Artful Poet Who Published Poets, Dies at 84


BY NEIL GENZLINGER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Joan Walsh Anglund, 95, Dies; Her Children’s Books Touched Millions


BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat


By Kristen Millares Young | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

10 books to read in April


By Bethanne Patrick | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Historical Fiction Unites the African Diaspora


BY MARGARET WILKERSON SEXTON | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘Good Company,’ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s follow-up to ‘The Nest,’ is a sweeter novel with higher stakes


By Ron Charles | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

‘Girlhood,’ by Melissa Febos: An Excerpt


Unknown Author | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

New & Noteworthy, From Brilliant Essays to Stupid People


Unknown Author | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

‘Of Women and Salt,’ by Gabriela Garcia: An Excerpt


Unknown Author | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

A Musician’s Daughter Faces His Music — and His Choices


BY ALEXANDRA JACOBS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

From Cuba to Miami, These Women Contend With Abusive Men and Countries


BY DANIELLE EVANS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Tammy Duckworth Was a Survivor Long Before Her Helicopter Was Shot Down


BY SUSAN DOMINUS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Why Are Migratory Birds Vanishing Out of the Sky?


BY CHRISTIAN COOPER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Puberty, Slut-Shaming and Cuddle Parties in Melissa Febos’s ‘Girlhood’


BY BETSY BONNER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

The Dark Underside of Rwanda’s Model Public Image


BY HOWARD W. FRENCH | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

An Unlikely Alliance in Upstate N.Y. and the Fight for Black and Women’s Rights


BY JANE KAMENSKY | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom


BY SHERI BERMAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Friday, March 26, 2021

Beverly Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It


BY ELISABETH EGAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children’s Book Author, Dies at 104


BY WILLIAM GRIMES | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Beverly Cleary, beloved author who chronicled schoolyard scrapes and feisty kids, dies at 104


By Harrison Smith and Becky Krystal | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places


BY DWIGHT GARNER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Tillie Olsen and the Barriers to Creativity


Unknown Author | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Sarah Pinborough, author of ‘Behind Her Eyes,’ talks about that controversial twist


By Thomas Floyd | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

Amanda Gorman’s Poetry United Critics. It’s Dividing Translators.


BY ALEX MARSHALL | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

8 Picture Books About Imagination and Identity


BY JENNIFER KRAUSS | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Larry McMurtry, award-winning novelist who pierced myths of his native Texas, dies at 84


By Joe Holley | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

The Essential Larry McMurtry


BY TINA JORDAN | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Larry McMurtry, Novelist of the American West, Dies at 84


BY DWIGHT GARNER | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

You know what else you’re doing wrong? Laundry. Don’t worry, a new book offers hope.


By John Kenney | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

7 years old and shattered by gun violence


By David Hemenway | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

The elite Baltimore cops who became criminals


By Michael Fletcher | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

We’re constantly fooling ourselves — and that’s (mostly) okay


By Katie Hafner | Washington Post Books | Disclosure

The Best Thrillers of 2025

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