Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, mysteries and everything in between.
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History
The Wounded Generation
by David Nasaw
Nasaw, whose last book addressed the million people displaced after World War II, focuses here on the overlooked consequences of the war for returning Americans, from a spike in alcoholism and divorce rates to a decline in the batting averages of veteran baseball players like Joe DiMaggio. Read our review.
Horror
The Unveiling
by Quan Berry
Barry’s new novel — about a Black woman’s freaky and frightening experiences on a luxury cruise in Antarctica alongside the rich — blends delicious satire of the uber-privileged with humor, psychological collapse and flat-out horror to reveal racism afresh. Read our review.
History
1929
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
For this novelistic account of the 1929 stock market crash, Sorkin — a New York Times reporter — combed through newspapers, archives, memoirs and other sources, including never-before-seen minutes of meetings at the Federal Reserve. His tightly focused portrait of history’s most spectacular financial collapse highlights the often tragic miscalculations of the bankers and politicians who were swept up in it. Read our review.
Poetry
Startlement
by Ada Limón
Limón just ended two terms as the United States poet laureate, on top of a heaping pile of other accolades she has earned throughout her career. This volume of new and selected poems shows why: With a voice that is charming and warmly personal, Limón offers work across a gratifying variety of forms and pays scrupulous attention to her readers. Her best poems are garrulous, funny and heart-on-sleeve even when being a little wicked. Read our review.
Historical fiction
The Wayfinder
by Adam Johnson
The new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Orphan Master’s Son” unfolds into a powerful and original epic as a Polynesian girl navigates an oceanic empire locked in a bitter power struggle. Deadly politics, tragic romance and dangerous sea journeys keep the drama at a spirited boil. Read our review.
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