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| 18 New Books to Watch For in October | 18 New Books to Watch For in October |
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| It’s another big month for books. | It’s another big month for books. |
| Ronan Farrow’s book — coming on the heels of “She Said,” by the Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — exposes systems of power that enable predators. Other titles speak to our disjointed times, in one way or another: The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow investigates the corrosive effects of the gas and oil industry; the cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams offers an insightful new consideration of race in America; Jeanette Winterson explores Brexit, virtual reality and more in her contemporary riff on “Frankenstein.” Elizabeth Strout brings back her beloved character Olive Kitteridge, and Zadie Smith releases her debut collection of short stories. Here’s a look at the titles we’re watching for most closely. | Ronan Farrow’s book — coming on the heels of “She Said,” by the Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — exposes systems of power that enable predators. Other titles speak to our disjointed times, in one way or another: The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow investigates the corrosive effects of the gas and oil industry; the cultural critic Thomas Chatterton Williams offers an insightful new consideration of race in America; Jeanette Winterson explores Brexit, virtual reality and more in her contemporary riff on “Frankenstein.” Elizabeth Strout brings back her beloved character Olive Kitteridge, and Zadie Smith releases her debut collection of short stories. Here’s a look at the titles we’re watching for most closely. |
| Maddow, the MSNBC host, trains her eye on the lucrative oil and gas industry, exposing the corruption and havoc it has spread across the world — polluting the environment, weakening democracies and keeping autocrats in power. She also makes the case that Russia’s interference in the 2016 United States election was tied to the country’s oil business. | Maddow, the MSNBC host, trains her eye on the lucrative oil and gas industry, exposing the corruption and havoc it has spread across the world — polluting the environment, weakening democracies and keeping autocrats in power. She also makes the case that Russia’s interference in the 2016 United States election was tied to the country’s oil business. |
| Farrow, who, in reporting for The New Yorker, shared a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year with The Times for investigations into sexual harassment in the workplace. The book details the extraordinary lengths some of the world’s most powerful people, including Harvey Weinstein, go to protect themselves: silencing their accusers, intimidating journalists and more. | Farrow, who, in reporting for The New Yorker, shared a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service last year with The Times for investigations into sexual harassment in the workplace. The book details the extraordinary lengths some of the world’s most powerful people, including Harvey Weinstein, go to protect themselves: silencing their accusers, intimidating journalists and more. |
| Stewart, a Times columnist, looks at two simultaneous F.B.I. investigations in the lead-up to the 2016 election: one inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and another into Donald Trump’s financial and political entanglement with Russians. Looking at these investigations together shows how closely linked they were, and the book examines the lasting ramifications for the Department of Justice, the executive branch and the public’s trust in government. | Stewart, a Times columnist, looks at two simultaneous F.B.I. investigations in the lead-up to the 2016 election: one inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and another into Donald Trump’s financial and political entanglement with Russians. Looking at these investigations together shows how closely linked they were, and the book examines the lasting ramifications for the Department of Justice, the executive branch and the public’s trust in government. |
| Thomas Edison remains one of the most prodigious talents in American history, and this landmark new biography of the scientist and inventor goes far beyond his most famous creation, the lightbulb. Morris, known for his studies of Theodore Roosevelt, Ludwig van Beethoven and Ronald Reagan, keeps the book afloat with his talent for spinning a narrative. | Thomas Edison remains one of the most prodigious talents in American history, and this landmark new biography of the scientist and inventor goes far beyond his most famous creation, the lightbulb. Morris, known for his studies of Theodore Roosevelt, Ludwig van Beethoven and Ronald Reagan, keeps the book afloat with his talent for spinning a narrative. |
| Figes zeros in on 19th-century Europe, a time of technological innovation and globalization that he believes helped the Continent coalesce around shared values, art and sensibilities. His story is anchored by Louis Viardot, a critic and activist; his wife, the opera singer Pauline Viardot; and the Russian author Ivan Turgenev, with whom Pauline had an affair intermittently over several decades. With the future of Brexit and the European Union still uncertain, the book, which makes the case that a common European culture once existed and thrived, is doubly relevant today. | Figes zeros in on 19th-century Europe, a time of technological innovation and globalization that he believes helped the Continent coalesce around shared values, art and sensibilities. His story is anchored by Louis Viardot, a critic and activist; his wife, the opera singer Pauline Viardot; and the Russian author Ivan Turgenev, with whom Pauline had an affair intermittently over several decades. With the future of Brexit and the European Union still uncertain, the book, which makes the case that a common European culture once existed and thrived, is doubly relevant today. |
| A leading oncologist at Columbia University makes a case for how we can better fight cancer. She’s uniquely poised to write this book: In addition to having command of the latest medical research, she was also her husband’s doctor as he battled — and lost the fight to — an aggressive form of leukemia. | A leading oncologist at Columbia University makes a case for how we can better fight cancer. She’s uniquely poised to write this book: In addition to having command of the latest medical research, she was also her husband’s doctor as he battled — and lost the fight to — an aggressive form of leukemia. |
| For those of you waiting for a novel that brings together Brexit, sex dolls and Mary Shelley, you’re in luck. This novel is much more than a revivification of “Frankenstein,” however; it’s alive with new and contemporary ideas about whom we love and where humanity is headed. | For those of you waiting for a novel that brings together Brexit, sex dolls and Mary Shelley, you’re in luck. This novel is much more than a revivification of “Frankenstein,” however; it’s alive with new and contemporary ideas about whom we love and where humanity is headed. |
| [ Read our review. ] | [ Read our review. ] |
| Smith, who cultivated a following with her earlier books like “White Teeth,” “Swing Time” and “On Beauty,” returns with her first story collection — some new, others previously published. If there’s a throughline connecting these stories, it’s one of disillusionment and alienation. | Smith, who cultivated a following with her earlier books like “White Teeth,” “Swing Time” and “On Beauty,” returns with her first story collection — some new, others previously published. If there’s a throughline connecting these stories, it’s one of disillusionment and alienation. |
| From a young age growing up in the South, Jones believed that “being a black gay boy is a death wish.” In his memoir, which begins in the late 1990s, he unknots his complicated relationship with his mother and the lingering wounds of his childhood. But the book is also a sexual coming-of-age story, giving an cleareyed look at his relationships and romantic encounters. | From a young age growing up in the South, Jones believed that “being a black gay boy is a death wish.” In his memoir, which begins in the late 1990s, he unknots his complicated relationship with his mother and the lingering wounds of his childhood. But the book is also a sexual coming-of-age story, giving an cleareyed look at his relationships and romantic encounters. |
| It’s been 20 years since his debut novel, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” defined a generation. Now Chbosky has finally written a follow-up — and this time, he dabbles in horror. Seven-year-old Christopher and his mother, on the run, settle in a sleepy Pennsylvania town. But then Christopher disappears for days, returning with a mission — dictated by a voice in his head — that could have cascading effects. | It’s been 20 years since his debut novel, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” defined a generation. Now Chbosky has finally written a follow-up — and this time, he dabbles in horror. Seven-year-old Christopher and his mother, on the run, settle in a sleepy Pennsylvania town. But then Christopher disappears for days, returning with a mission — dictated by a voice in his head — that could have cascading effects. |
| [ Read our review. ] | |
| Fox spent a decade with the spy agency after being recruited at age 21, and recounts her years living undercover, chasing terrorists and infiltrating their networks. Her story is extraordinary, and it makes for satisfying and engrossing reading. | Fox spent a decade with the spy agency after being recruited at age 21, and recounts her years living undercover, chasing terrorists and infiltrating their networks. Her story is extraordinary, and it makes for satisfying and engrossing reading. |
| It’s 1988 and Saul Adler, recovering from a car accident and a recent, abrupt breakup, heads to East Berlin, where he falls in love. Decades later, he is hit by the same car — but the repeating events and characters don’t end there. The novel, longlisted for the Booker, raises questions about memory, clairvoyance and history. | It’s 1988 and Saul Adler, recovering from a car accident and a recent, abrupt breakup, heads to East Berlin, where he falls in love. Decades later, he is hit by the same car — but the repeating events and characters don’t end there. The novel, longlisted for the Booker, raises questions about memory, clairvoyance and history. |
| The Times columnist sets out to tell the “story of women and age in America” by diving into the long tradition of older women’s political involvement. This is a deeply reported book, and Collins turns up some fascinating details: On Plymouth Rock, for example, women were considered marriageable so long as they were under 50. The book is an eye-opening guide to our shifting attitudes about aging, particularly when it came to women. | The Times columnist sets out to tell the “story of women and age in America” by diving into the long tradition of older women’s political involvement. This is a deeply reported book, and Collins turns up some fascinating details: On Plymouth Rock, for example, women were considered marriageable so long as they were under 50. The book is an eye-opening guide to our shifting attitudes about aging, particularly when it came to women. |
| The beloved grouch Olive returns in this follow-up to Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Olive Kitteridge.” The story unfolds in the working-class fictional town of Crosby, Me., and finds Olive kindling a new romance. Olive’s trademark “empathy without sentimentality,” as our reviewer put it, is still there, as she tries to make sense of her own path and the lives of the people around her. | The beloved grouch Olive returns in this follow-up to Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Olive Kitteridge.” The story unfolds in the working-class fictional town of Crosby, Me., and finds Olive kindling a new romance. Olive’s trademark “empathy without sentimentality,” as our reviewer put it, is still there, as she tries to make sense of her own path and the lives of the people around her. |
| The author, the American son of a black father and white mother, grew up striving to learn and perform his race, “like a teacher’s pet in an advanced placement course on black masculinity.” After moving to France and becoming a father to children who could pass for white, he is forced to radically rethink his conception of race. | The author, the American son of a black father and white mother, grew up striving to learn and perform his race, “like a teacher’s pet in an advanced placement course on black masculinity.” After moving to France and becoming a father to children who could pass for white, he is forced to radically rethink his conception of race. |
| Alexandra Jacobs, an editor at The Times, chronicles the brash, boozy career of the legendary Broadway star in this biography, diving into her relationships, her breakout fame in Hollywood and her notable collaborations, including those with Tennessee Williams and Stephen Sondheim. | Alexandra Jacobs, an editor at The Times, chronicles the brash, boozy career of the legendary Broadway star in this biography, diving into her relationships, her breakout fame in Hollywood and her notable collaborations, including those with Tennessee Williams and Stephen Sondheim. |
| This fiercely intelligent Midwestern drama follows Adam (a character from Lerner’s previous work) as well as his parents, who are psychologists grappling with the best way to raise their son while struggling with their own issues. | This fiercely intelligent Midwestern drama follows Adam (a character from Lerner’s previous work) as well as his parents, who are psychologists grappling with the best way to raise their son while struggling with their own issues. |
| [ Read our review. ] | [ Read our review. ] |
| Rice, a former U.N. ambassador who was President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, reflects on her decades in government, her upbringing and her family life (she is the descendant of slaves and Jamaican immigrants). She also writes about the 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, which became a career-defining episode. | Rice, a former U.N. ambassador who was President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, reflects on her decades in government, her upbringing and her family life (she is the descendant of slaves and Jamaican immigrants). She also writes about the 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, which became a career-defining episode. |