Books
The 5 best nonfiction books of 2017
<b>1. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann</b> (Doubleday, $29)<p>Give David Grann's latest a chance to get its hooks in you, and "it will sear your …
Ulysses S. GrantBestselling books of 2017: the top 100
While women dominate the charts, it’s been the year of the comeback kings: Philip Pullman, Jamie Oliver, Margaret Atwood …<p>Last year JK Rowling reclaimed the No 1 spot in the bestseller charts by returning from mundane reality to the Potterverse (with the <i>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</i> …
J K RowlingThe Moving Pictures of “Loving Vincent”
THERE IS AN intense, monastic energy to <i>Loving Vincent</i>. The 90-minute animated feature consists entirely of oil paintings stylized after — and …
Artists40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers
<b>Simeon Marsalis, A Lie is to Grin</b><p>As different as my experience was to the protagonist David’s, no other book I’ve read has better captured that …
Ulysses S. GrantThe 5 best novels of 2017
<b>1. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders</b> (Random House, $28)<p>George Saunders has delivered a first novel so profound, "it seems like an act of …
Marin CountyWeekend picks for book lovers, including 'Immortal' by Stanley Bing
What should you read this weekend? USA TODAY’s picks for book lovers include <i>Immortal Life</i>, a novel about a mogul's quest for eternal life, and a new collection of mystery stories inspired by famous paintings.<p><b>Immortal Life: A Soon to be True Story</b> by Stanley Bing; Simon & Schuster, 307 pp.; …
EntertainmentThis week’s must-read books
German forces launched the first successful chemical-gas attack of World War I in 1915, forever changing the boundaries of warfare. A fascinating …
CrashingOur Year in Poems
Nearly a hundred poems appear in <i>The New Yorker</i> each year. In 2017, these included selections by Paul Muldoon, whose decade-long tenure as the magazine’s poetry editor ended in November, and by Kevin Young, who has succeeded him. We published work by the National Book Award winner Frank Bidart, the …
CultureThe Books That Got New Yorkers Through 2017
What do a 2817-year-old epic poem, a historical account of the atomic bomb’s creation, and a novel about an upstate teenage friendship have in …
New York CityThe Hindu’s pick of top 10 non-fiction books from 2017
<i>Political ferment, India’s relations with neighbours, state of the economy, demonetisation, the end of globalisation and liberalism, migration,</i> …
Books (India)Francis Wyndham writes about his grandmother, Ada Leverson
The first version belongs to the 1890s and was conceived as a vehicle for her favourite performer, Charles Hawtrey. She had acquired the English …
LiteratureBook Club with Lisa Gray - Top picks for 2018: This Is How It Ends, The Bone Keeper and Dark Pines
Our columnist's thoughts on exciting new books from Eva Dolan, Luca Veste and Will Dean.<p>TOP PICKS FOR 2018<p>THIS IS HOW IT ENDS by Eva Dolan<p>Eva Dolan …
A Soviet New Year, With Mayonnaise
Without mayonnaise, there could be no New Year in the Soviet Union.<p>A better half of holiday dishes hinged upon it. The sauce—though no one would ever …
Helen Garner: ‘I used to feel spiteful because I never won prizes. Now I can die happy’
The unclassifiable Australian writer on true crime and sexual harassment<p>Drive down a lonely stretch of Geelong road in Victoria and you’ll find Winchelsea, and three little white crosses. On Father’s Day 2005, Robert Farquharson, a window cleaner, was driving his three sons back to their mother’s …
The Best Photo Books of 2017
There are great photo books every year, and 2017 was no exception. But something about the strained times intensified my feelings about the work I saw this year. The role of art felt more urgent, both as a response to the general political disorder and as a refuge from it. I didn’t merely like or …
Long-form JournalismBooks to look out for in 2018
The best fiction and nonfiction from Ireland and abroad – including a top pick in each category<p>The Trick to Time by Kit De Waal; Restless Souls by …
News (Ireland)Migraine Madrigal
<i>This poem appears in the LARB Print Quarterly Journal: No. 16, Art</i><p><i>To receive the LARB Quarterly Journal,</i> become a member or donate here.<p>¤<p>Migraine …
The big books quiz of the year: have you been paying attention?
Terry Pratchett destroyed his unfinished works beyond the grave, Arundhati Roy made a return to fiction, and which politician keeps their iPad in a biscuit tin? Test your knowledge of the books and events of 2017 with our quiz<p>What was La Belle Sauvage, the first volume in Philip Pullman’s …
Jacob Rees-MoggModels of the Universe: In Memory of William Gass – BLARB
Bill Gass landed on me in Salt Lake City in 1983. I’d been running away from a lot of things, the most recent a jail gang in Davis, California …
Beverly HillsAmazon Up To 80% Off eBooks - Points Miles & Martinis
<b>Amazon is offering up to 80% off select winner and finalist ebooks today.</b> If you like to have something new to read while at the pool on vacation, …
KindleBook MARKS
No book lover’s year will end till you have lapped up the year’s best. Of course! 2017 was a year full of wonderful books — some full of inspiration, …
Books (India)The Pitch
Adam Haslett’s <i>Imagine Me Gone</i> is a novel told by a family of five. It centers mostly around Michael, the eldest son and a deep music fan. Michael suffers from a host of mental issues, and he self-medicates with pills and really loud bass. The character recalls Haslett’s own brother Tim, a music …
Robert DeNiroNonfiction Book Review: Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television by Joy Press. Atria, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5011-3771-6
Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television<p>Joy Press. Atria, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5011-3771-6<p>Women have run successful TV shows for …
TVThe Best Books of 2017, According to Independent Bookstores
Here’s what local bookstore employees loved this year.<p><i>History of Wolves</i>, by Emily Fridlund<p>"A punch to the heart lies at the center of <i>History of …
North DakotaChilling Reads: The Top 20 Thrillers to Read This Winter Season
This exhilarating debut <b></b>follows six college students as they embark on a summer getaway to a farmhouse. Everything goes well until they meet Severine, the girl next door. Kate Channing, one of the students, finds Severine to be a nuisance. One thing leads to another, and there is a huge altercation …
Culture12 Books Every Harry Potter Fan Should Read In 2018
With January on the horizon, it's time to get excited about 2018 reading. (Cue fireworks.) And if you're a Harry Potter fan, I'm sure you're itching …
Harry PotterSpend Winter Break Reading the Best Nonfiction Books of 2017
An FBI cat-and-mouse game, a poignant family memoir, and the history of Vietnam's disastrous turning point top the year's best titles.<p>From con …
Ulysses S. GrantThe 27 best books of 2017
I’ll forget to eat anything green for two weeks, avoid laundry for another three, and ignore my online bank statement pretty much always, but I <i>will</i> …
Does The Magic Last? Revisiting A Fantasy Classic As An Adult
Revisiting our favorite books from adolescence is a tricky thing. These are, after all, novels we bonded with during a very impressionable time in our lives. As with our first romantic loves, we're often not willing or even able to see their faults. Even in hindsight, our judgment is colored — by …
CultureAll the Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018
If 2017 was the year of learning how bad things are, let's make 2018 the year we started to fix them—armed with a syllabus of inspiring, empowering, funny, and transporting new works from our favorite female writers. The nonfiction will feed your mind; the novels will feed your heart and soul. Read …
Tiffany Haddish