The New York Times - USA - Book Review (2020-07-26)

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Book Review JULY 26, 2020

Fiction

7 Horror
Reviewed by
Danielle Trussoni

9 TRUE STORY
By Kate Reed Petty
Reviewed by Megan Abbott

10 ALICE KNOTT
By Blake Butler
Reviewed by
Lauren Wilkinson

10 BLACKTOP WASTELAND
By S. A. Cosby
Reviewed by Daniel Nieh

11 AFTERLAND
By Lauren Beukes
Reviewed by Stephen King

12 MOTHER DAUGHTER
WIDOW WIFE
By Robin Wasserman
Reviewed by
Chandler Baker

12 LOVE AND THEFT
By Stan Parish
Reviewed by
Adam Sternbergh

16 THE GOLDEN CAGE
By Camilla Lackberg
Reviewed by Mary Kubica

16 THE SHADOWS
By Alex North
Reviewed by Flynn Berry

18 IMPERFECT WOMEN

By Araminta Hall

Reviewed by Sarah Lyall

19 SURVIVOR SONG

By Paul Tremblay

Reviewed by Justin Cronin

20 HIS & HERS

By Alice Feeney

Reviewed by Megan Goldin

26 The Shortlist

Novels of Suspense and

Isolation

Reviewed by Tina Jordan

Nonfiction

8 THE KING OF CONFIDENCE

A Tale of Utopian Dreamers,

Frontier Schemers, True

Believers, False Prophets,

and the Murder of an

American Monarch

By Miles Harvey

Reviewed by Chris Jennings

20 THE UNIDENTIFIED

Mythical Monsters, Alien

Encounters, and Our

Obsession With the

Unexplained

By Colin Dickey

Reviewed by Deborah Blum

Children’s Books

22 Novels

Sarah Harrison Smith

reviews “The Time of Green

Magic,” by Hilary McKay.

Elisabeth Egan reviews

“Raising Lumie,” by Joan

Bauer.

Features

6 By the Book

Aimee Bender

13 Essay

The Radical Black Thriller

By Adam Langer

14 Northern Exposure

Your Guide to Nordic Noir

By Tina Jordan and

Marilyn Stasio

17 Essay

The Horror of Connection

By Margot Harrison

27 The Literati

H. G. Wells vs. G. B. Shaw

By Edward Sorel

Etc.

4 New & Noteworthy

5 Letters

23 Best-Seller Lists

23 Editors’ Choice

24 Inside the List

24 Paperback Row

Cover illustration by

The Heads of State

“A MAJOR WORK...

A GOTHIC CATHEDRAL OF A NOVEL.

IN ONE CORNER YOU WILL FIND

A DARK THRILLER, IN ANOTHER

A HUMOROUS NOIR, IN ANOTHER

A POETIC EXISTENTIALIST TEXT.”

—Ernesto Quiñonez, author ofBodega Dreams

Fromtheacclaimedauthorof

AMillionDrops,aWASHINGTONPOST

BESTBOOKOFTHEYEAR,apsychological

thrillerthattracesawidower’sdescent

intotheseedyunderbellyofMadrid.

“DelÁrbol’sAMillionDropswasone

of2018’smostcomplexandpower-

fulthrillers.Hisfollowup,Breathing

ThroughtheWound,cementshisplace

asoneofthemostexcitingvoices

incontemporaryEuropeannoir.”

—CrimeReads

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