A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Rarest Fruit
By Gaëlle Bélem; translated by Hildegarde Serle
An enslaved boy’s cuisine-altering innovation is credited to his white “father.”
A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy
By Tony Lee Moral
Two figures from the auteur’s orbit feature heavily in this new biography.
Introducing Science Politics
By Kelly J. Kelly and Emily Mendenhall
Why we launched a “journazine.”
Red Sheet: A Novel
By James Ellroy
Freddy Otash returns, although he probably shouldn’t have.
How a longtime writing group makes my work possible.
Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future
By Fergus M. Bordewich
An able account of the nation’s 100th-birthday spectacle.
The novelist talks PR, noir, and empathizing with despicable characters.
The finalists will be selected later this summer!
Cool Machine: A Novel
By Colson Whitehead
The author’s much-lauded Harlem Trilogy finishes with ferocity.
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
