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Book Review

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  1. Nonfiction

    Let’s Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?

    In “Nuclear War” and “Countdown,” Annie Jacobsen and Sarah Scoles talk to the people whose job it is to prepare for atomic conflict.

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    Evidence of the first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device rises over the Marshall Islands on the morning of Nov. 1, 1952.
    Evidence of the first test of a full-scale thermonuclear device rises over the Marshall Islands on the morning of Nov. 1, 1952.
    CreditLos Alamos National Laboratory, via Associated Press
    1. Romance

      Sparks Fly in Spicy New Romances

      Our columnist reviews saucy new books by Rebecca Ross, Rebekah Weatherspoon and Felicia Grossman.

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  1. Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book

    Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood.

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  2. 17 Works of Nonfiction Coming This Spring

    Memoirs from Brittney Griner and Salman Rushdie, a look at pioneering Black ballerinas, a new historical account from Erik Larson — and plenty more.

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  3. 27 Works of Fiction Coming This Spring

    Stories by Amor Towles, a sequel to Colm Toibin’s “Brooklyn,” a new thriller by Tana French and more.

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  4. 100 Notable Books of 2023

    Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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  5. Best-Seller Lists: April 7, 2024

    All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.

     

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Books of The Times

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  1. A Memoir of a Marriage Cut Short and the Secrets Left Behind

    After his partner, Molly Brodak, died by suicide, Blake Butler found painful truths in her journals and personal items.

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    Molly Brodak was a poet, baker and memoirist who died in 2020.
    Creditvia Molly Brodak
  2. For Girlhood Friends, the Tech Revolution Is a Dividing Line

    In Lisa Ko’s adventurous novel “Memory Piece,” youthful exploration takes a dark turn for an artist, an activist and a web developer.

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  3. How Not to Think Like a Fascist

    In his latest book, the prolific British psychoanalyst Adam Phillips promotes curiosity, improvisation and conflict as antidotes to the deadening effects of absolute certainty.

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    “Phillips doesn’t try to prevent us from thinking whatever it is that we want to think; what he does is repeatedly coax us to ask if that’s what we really believe, and how we can be sure.”
    CreditNicolas Ortega
  4. This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress

    The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.

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    Sonny Rollins circa 1960, when he took a break from performing and recording to focus on himself.
    CreditMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
  5. Without Senators in Sight, Christine Blasey Ford Retells Her Story

    Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school.

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    “I suppose this book is my way of breaking free,” writes Christine Blasey Ford, photographed this month, of her new memoir.
    CreditAubrey Trinnaman for The New York Times
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  2. Inside the Best-Seller List

    How to Deal With a Narcissist

    In her best-selling self-help book, Ramani Durvasula offers tips for surviving a person who only has eyes for mirrors.

    By Elisabeth Egan

     
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  6. Fiction

    A Murderer in the Family

    In his unsparing novel “Wolf at the Table,” Adam Rapp observes a household in denial about the dark force growing up in its midst.

    By Connie Schultz

     
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  8. The Essential Stephen King

    The author has dominated horror fiction, and arguably all popular fiction, for decades. Here’s where to start.

    By Gilbert Cruz

     
  9. Nonfiction

    When the State Is a Serial Killer

    In “Death Row Welcomes You,” Steven Hale follows the cases of men in an American prison awaiting execution, examining what they did as well as the people they’ve become.

    By Ben Austen

     
  10. How Stephen King Got Under Their Skin

    As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.

     
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