Dynamic catalog topic
New York Times reviewed books
Explore 21 verified New York Times reviewed books in The Reading Room catalog and open any title for Book DNA, content awareness, and community discovery.
Verified catalog titles
New PeopleAs the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweethear...Kill 'em and LeaveFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and ...The Death of Vivek OjiOne afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son’s body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at h...Real Life"A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost eve...Bad Boy Brawly BrownEasy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles.But living around de...The Shadow SpeakerIn West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey ac...Sag HarborBenji Cooper is one of the few Black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag ...The Nickel BoysWhen Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, ...Deacon King KongIn September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known in the neighborhood as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Causeway H...Filthy AnimalsIn the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American Midwest, a young man treads delica...Ordinary PeopleSouth London, 2008. Two couples find themselves at a moment of reckoning, on the brink of acceptance or revolution. Melissa has a new baby a...Creatures of Passage"Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. E...So Much Blue"Kevin Pace's latest painting, like so much of his past, remains a secret. Ten years ago, he had an affair with a young watercolorist in Pa...The Book of Night WomenFrom a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared onl...Gingerbread"Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a d...Wild RainAn independent rancher and a reporter find love in the Wyoming Territory.Love in ColorA collection of romantic retellings centered on myths, folktales, and love stories.Dear SenthuranIn their critically acclaimed novels, Akwaeke Emezi has introduced readers to a landscape marked by familial tensions, Igbo belief systems, ...Love in ColourA high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen.
A young businessw...PrideOf the seven deadly sins, pride is the only one with a virtuous side. It is certainly a good thing to have pride in one's country, in one's ...A Brief History of Seven Killings"From the acclaimed writer of The Book of Night Women comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events an...