The New Criterion Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Piano Lesson
August WilsonThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson (Barrymore Theatre). https://t.co/zpKxSNhF15 https://t.co/h067yZluOp
Paperback, 1990
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Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650
David HowarthThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: “Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550–1650,” by David Howarth (Yale University Press). @yalepress https://t.co/P5kKIuphgo https://t.co/fWI7KE8zXa
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America
Hugh EakinThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: “Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America,” by Hugh Eakin (Penguin). @HughEakin @CrownPublishing @penguinrandom https://bit.ly/3Pxp3YO https://t.co/PUGu28k83q
Paperback, 2023
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Aurora Leigh: A Poem in Nine Books
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThe New CriterionFiona Sampson’s new biography has nine chapters, or “books”—in imitation of her subject Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s masterpiece, “Aurora Leigh” (1856). https://t.co/fLNafh5fcJ
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The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
Andrew PorwancherThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: “The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton: Walking Tour,” led by Andrew Porwancher, with the 92nd Street Y (August 16). @92ndStreetY https://t.co/sLRBFw9r8L https://t.co/8sSRKq2Gav
Paperback, 2023
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The Rite of Spring
Igor StravinskyThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: “The Rite of Spring: Stravinsky and the Ballet Russe—A Modernist Explosion,” a lecture by Louis Rosen at the 92nd Street Y (March 10). @92Y https://bit.ly/35ZVDkm https://t.co/xxLAXlX4BB
Paperback, 2000
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meeting to Wall Street
Jackson LearsThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: “Animal Spirits: The American Pursuit of Vitality from Camp Meeting to Wall Street,” by Jackson Lears (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). @fsgbooks https://t.co/yEDry3Y2kf https://t.co/SOXyElIygc
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
After Rain: Stories
William TrevorThe New Criterion“ ‘They were as good as we were’: the stories of William Trevor,” by Richard Tillinghast (February 1993). On the melancholy Ireland of William Trevor’s stories. https://t.co/0uMiUNYaLi
Paperback, 1997
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Red Cavalry
Isaac BabelThe New CriterionOur critic’s pick: A dramatic reading of “Red Cavalry” by Isaac Babel, produced by Mosaic magazine (December 22). @mosaicmag @WriterJonLeaf https://t.co/FiEc0QnOTF https://t.co/uKfJRkf8EQ
Paperback, 2003
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
George EliotThe New CriterionThere was a time when it was de rigueur for American schoolchildren to read Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe (1861). George Eliot’s brief, jewel-like novel was on the syllabus for generations of students, helping to shape our national moral conscience. https://t.co/2M9Rtv53Pr
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