The New York Times Recommends These 7 New Books
This week, critics and editors at The New York Times have made 7 stellar fiction and nonfiction recommendations. From books that grapple with the world of paid labor to a warning shot on climate migration to one of the most buzzing novels of 2024 so far, there's something here for every reader.
7 books
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Percival EverettâLuxuriates in language. Everett, like Twain, is a master of American argot⊠This is Everettâs most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful.â â Dwight Garner
Barack Obama & Ron CharlesHardcover, 2024
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Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
Jane KamenskyâHer rigor and thoroughness demand that the reader take seriously an underdog who made her name in a stigmatized industry. This book is a labor of empathy that refuses to simplify or valorize its subject.â â Rich Juzwiak
Hardcover, 2024
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Help Wanted
Adelle WaldmanâWaldman is skilled at building momentum and tension through intricacies of plot. The book shines whenever the group is together, concocting plans⊠in search of a shared sense of hope.â â Alexandra Chang
Rebecca Schinsky & Alexandra ChangHardcover, 2024
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The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor
Hamilton NolanâOffers an impressive array of scenes from the front lines of the 21st-century economy⊠As âThe Hammerâ shows, the kind of solidarity that might naturally arise from shared frustrations on the conveyor belt doesnât necessarily translate to the broader movement all on its own.ââ Willa Glickman
Hardcover, 2024
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
Steve CollâMost of the story is vivid and sometimes even funny⊠Unlike his main character, Coll succeeds in part because he has an eye for dramatic irony.â â Noreen Malone
Noreen MaloneHardcover, 2024
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On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America
Abrahm LustgartenâThe authorâs eloquent personal insights⊠are astonishing as well as gripping, presenting an intimate understanding of why poor agricultural workers, beset by droughts and calamitous economic circumstances, risk everything.â â Jon Gertner
Hardcover, 2024
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The Black Box: Writing the Race
Henry Louis Gates"This is a literary history of Black America, but it is also an argument that African American history is inextricable from the history of African American literature.â â Tope Folarin
Hardcover, 2024
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