New York Times Best Sellers

Children’s Books: ‘Octopus Alone,’ by Divya Srinivasan, and More

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 10:46am
New picture books about a fish and a snail that live in a book, the creator of a submarine, and more.    

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Children’s Books: ‘Giant Dance Party,’ by Betsy Bird, and More

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:53am
New picture books about parties include pirates, blue furry giants and a birthday feast.    

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Crime: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey,’ and More

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:29am
Carl Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey” is another misadventure in the annals of greed and corruption in South Florida, “the Medicare-fraud capital of America.”    

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Benjamin Percy’s ‘Red Moon’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:29am
In Benjamin Percy’s novel, the misunderstood lycanthrope population is being persecuted. And they’re not going to take it anymore.    

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‘The Dispensable Nation’ and ‘Foreign Policy Begins at Home’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:26am
Two foreign policy figures criticize, from differing directions, President Obama’s program.    

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Children’s Books: ‘The Servant’ and ‘The Wall’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:25am
Two teenage protagonists strain against expectations in the Middle East.    

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Children’s Books: ‘The Favorite Daughter’ and ‘The Thing About Luck’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:25am
First- and second-generation American girls make their own way in these tales.    

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Inside the List

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Colum McCann says that in writing about Frederick Douglass for his novel “TransAtlantic” (at No. 13 on the hardcover fiction list), he saw surprising parallels to President Obama.    

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Paperback Row

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Paperback books of particular interest.    

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Editors’ Choice

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:24am
Recently reviewed books of particular interest.    

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‘In the Body of the World,’ by Eve Ensler

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:23am
Eve Ensler describes her personal and political struggles.    

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‘The Why of Things,’ by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:23am
Two inexplicable tragedies leave a tight-knit family reeling in Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop’s third novel.    

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Margalit Fox’s ‘Riddle of the Labyrinth’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:22am
Ascertaining the meaning of the ancient script Linear B becomes a detective story.    

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Essay: Creative Writing in a Massachusetts Prison

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:21am
Inside a Massachusetts prison, a creative-writing class experiences the power of words and stories.    

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Bloomsday Memories

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:21am
Notable fans of “Ulysses” recall the ways they have spent June 16 in years past.    

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‘Confessions of a Sociopath,’ by M. E. Thomas

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 9:19am
A self-professed sociopath (noncriminal) describes her charm, intelligence and absence of emotion.    

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‘The Son,’ by Philipp Meyer

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 1:55pm
A multigenerational saga follows the fortunes of one Texas clan.    

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‘What Do Women Want?’ by Daniel Bergner

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 1:54pm
Daniel Bergner argues that bias has obscured the existence, strength and significance of female sex drive.    

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Children’s Books: Julie Fogliano’s ‘If You Want to See a Whale,’ and More

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:45pm
Patience and fortitude are rewarded in these picture books.    

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Q. and A.: Tom Drury Talks About ‘Pacific’

New York Times Sunday Book Review - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 12:08pm
Mr. Drury’s new novel stars several of the characters first introduced in his 1994 novel, “The End of Vandalism.”    

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