A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
By Rob Reiner with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer
What’s wrong with being sexy?
The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction
By James Crawford
Our planet’s wounds are gaping but not yet fatal.
New collections to make life more lyrical.
A virtuoso account of jailhouse artistry and the pernicious racism behind it.
Twenty Minutes of Silence
By Hélène Bessette; translated by Kate Briggs
This provocative whodunit denies readers easy answers.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Recalling a once-vaunted newsroom and its big-headed anchors.
The Pirate Queen: A Novel
By Ariel Lawhon
A rollicking tale of the strongest of strong women.
The Martians
By David Baron
When the stargazing masses turned their attention to little green men.
