Why do authors always ask for readers to leave reviews? Do reviews really help sell their books? Bottom line: yes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-30 10:35:00 UTC ]
The New York Times today announced that Pamela Paul, who has headed the paper’s Books section and hosted the Book Review podcast since 2013, will be moving to Times Opinion as part of the paper’s expansion of its columnist ranks. Paul—the author of The Starter Marriage, Pornified, and My Life... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-07 17:47:57 UTC ]
In 1904, the Book Review examined some of the season’s cards and trinkets — and found much to like. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-11 22:15:32 UTC ]
Uli Beutter Cohen likes to bake, read Tarot cards, call her mother in Germany and spend time with book lovers on the train. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-31 10:00:14 UTC ]
Over its 125 year history, the advertisements in the Book Review occasionally held out the promise of self-improvement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-24 21:23:48 UTC ]
In her essay collection “These Precious Days,” the novelist and bookstore owner explores friendship, marriage and mortality. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-19 15:41:34 UTC ]
With 26bn views – and the ability to influence global sales – the social media app’s reading corner #BookTok is not as niche as it seemsFifteen seconds is all you need. Point your phone camera to a shelf and hold up your favourite book, or three. Add a trending soundtrack, a caption, a couple of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-11-16 16:30:13 UTC ]
The novel’s headline-making candor and explicitness led the Book Review to assure its readers, “It is a book one can very well get along without reading.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:21:29 UTC ]
What did the Book Review look like in 1896, in 1916, in 1962? Scroll down to see what it looked like — and how it changed — through the decades. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:11:48 UTC ]
In 1925, the Book Review raved about the “sensitive” love poems and “piercing” satire from a young star of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:15 UTC ]
The best-seller lists as we know them today have their roots in the Aug. 9, 1942, issue — but the Book Review has been tracking sales for much longer than that. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:10 UTC ]
Schiff’s “Midnight in Washington” is that rare memoir by a politician that actually has something to say. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-19 18:00:03 UTC ]
In his memoir “Unprotected,” Billy Porter recounts his lifelong struggle to heal the deep wounds buried under the sheen of his charismatic presence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-19 09:00:04 UTC ]
“Silverview” features a young bookstore owner in an English seaside town, caught up in an investigation involving two cunning spymasters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-11 09:00:03 UTC ]
On Oct. 25, join The New York Times Book Review and special guests for performances of favorite letters and reviews from the archives, trivia and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-07 16:09:57 UTC ]
“The Taking of Jemima Boone,” the first nonfiction book by the novelist Matthew Pearl, recounts a legendary abduction case that complicates our view of relations between settlers and Native Americans during westward expansion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-05 16:57:40 UTC ]
“Cloud Cuckoo Land,” Doerr’s first novel since “All the Light We Cannot See,” unites five characters over a millennium in a tribute to books and those who love them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-09-24 09:00:04 UTC ]
“Fox & I” is Catherine Raven’s memoir of her relationship with a bushy-tailed creature — no, not a dog. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-07-06 09:00:01 UTC ]
“Dear Senthuran” is an epistolary memoir of gender identity, diaspora and the solitude of success. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-08 11:08:44 UTC ]
On the 125th anniversary of the Book Review, we look back at some of our earliest flourishes, curlicues, flowers and scrolls. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-05-28 16:20:05 UTC ]