The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.
Pure Men: A Novel
By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated by Lara Vergnaud
A Senegalese professor confronts his country’s homophobia.
An Interview with Laura Zigman
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
In her new book, the author turns a gimlet eye toward the publishing industry.
Fulfillment
By Alec MacGillis
Taking account of an America altered by Amazon’s primacy.
wife/daughter/self
By Beth Kephart
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In lyrical prose, a writer explores the many disparate parts that make her who she is.
Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare
By Charles Caramello
An homage to the mighty steed and the works inspired by it.
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Glory: A Novel
By NoViolet Bulawayo
This searing fable of corruption in Zimbabwe conjures Orwell.
The Fifties: An Underground History
By James R. Gaines
Lesser-known figures get their due in this modest but essential chronicle.
The novelist talks romance, 19th-century Europe, and her gutsy new Latinx heroine.
