<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image2-1024x1024.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to an Ozempic-thin ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian libretto is being projected in internet-speak English subtitles accented with the occasional emoji.”</div></div></div>
Rumaan Alam’s previous novel was an inspired swirl of suspense, social commentary and apocalyptic disaster. His latest is about a young Black woman working for a uber-rich white socialite.
The Hate Game by Gary Trew Genre: Memoir ISBN: 9781738245413 Print Length: 288 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth ZenderA moving memoir about a young man learning what it means to be himselfIn 1972, eleven-year-old Gary Trew began school at The Knoll School for Boys, nicknamed “Knollditz”by its pupils. The nickname is a play on the Nazi’s POW camp “Colditz Castle,” reflecting the students’ desire to escape from a cruel place. Trew share
Fallen Spirits by Diane Hatz Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Satire ISBN: 9798986282367 Print Length: 236 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff | Content warnings: rape, addictionWild, thrilling, weird, and beyond the scope of our reality (I think)Fallen Spirits is an absolute whirlwind. Who in which world could connect such inter-dimensional insanity combined with the unbelievable truth of human reality like Diane Hatz has here. This is
<div>Her own is among the anonymous tales included in “Want,” a new collection she has edited: “It only felt right, given I was requesting courage from everyone else.”</div>
In a new memoir, Chung reflects on the decades she spent covering the news, her marriage to Maury Povich and the prominent figures who acted inappropriately with her — including President Carter.
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/six-drawings-556x1024.png" style="width: 100%;"><div>“An author, like Melville, needs to dream within the text.”</div></div></div>
INFINITY: Forgetful Stars by J.P Berting Genre: Science Fiction / Action & Adventure ISBN: 9798991057202 Print Length: 364 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Joelene PynnonenA thrilling sci-fi adventure that digs into the heart of what it means to be humanThe year is 2126 and humankind is embarking on its most ambitious venture yet. Having created a perfect energy source, they have the means to power their first starships. Two prototypes, Fred and Albert, have been meticulo
This Shanghai bookstore, now in D.C., was revived by its owner, who hopes to create a space for open discussions in the diaspora community, where people can sit and read together.(Image credit: Maansi Srivastava for NPR)
Khuê Phạm's debut novel follows a young Berlin journalist whose parents emigrated from South Vietnam. A message from an estranged uncle in the U.S. prompts her to explore her family history.
Henry’s Version by Brett Shapiro Genre: Literary Fiction / LGBTQ ISBN: 9798891323483 Print Length: 190 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth ZenderA poetic novel looking back on a life well livedBrett Shapiro takes readers on a meaningful, touching journey about being human and looking back in Henry’s Version.As the 70-year-old narrator looks back on his life, readers get to experience it in full—starting with
<div>In “On Freedom,” Timothy Snyder looks at what kinds of societies help people thrive.</div>
<div>In “Defectors,” the journalist Paola Ramos interviews MAGA supporters, Proud Boys and others to investigate a constituency long thought reliably Democratic.</div>
<div><img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/17/parker_bb_wide-22fff859584d000bd4853be52a43fa49d16756db.jpg" alt="undefined"><p>B.A. Parker brings us around the country to see what access for books is looking like for students in Texas, librarians in Idaho and her own high school English teacher in Pennsylvania.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1200121034"></div>
<div><p>Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>New York Times </em>reporters Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner spent years examining Trump's finances and businesses. They trace how he squandered his father's fortune in a new book.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-23396"></div>
ShadowBane by Cal Logan Genre: Fantasy / Action ISBN: 9798990237902 Print Length: 609 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Kathy L. BrownAn epic, high-stakes fantasy, ShadowBane delivers nuanced characters and gripping action.In a feudal-Japan-like setting, ShadowBane, the first book of the Schism of Souls series, introduces demon-slaying twins Shura and Jin. Demons are a rampant menace, especially in the poor rural regions. And the squabbling kings of the land are more intereste
An Otherwise Healthy Person by Ron Jansen Genre: Memoir / War ISBN: 9781625862730 Print Length: 328 pages Publisher: Credo House Publishers Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Joelene PynnonenA deeply personal, powerfully vulnerable memoir of a Marine squad leader’s experiences in Fallujah, Iraq and the aftermathIn the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Ron Jansen resolves to do something to protect his country. Despite having an envia
<div>In her latest memoir, Clinton takes on student protests, foreign policy and even clown school.</div>
<div>In a frank and entertaining new memoir, the TV newscaster recounts how sexism, and Dan Rather, sidelined her groundbreaking career.</div>
<div>Lauren Elkin’s first novel, “Scaffolding,” traces the multiple infidelities of two Parisian couples a generation apart.</div>