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The best books of 2022
Latest Headlines in Books
BOOKINGS
Author readings around Boston May 28-June 3
All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.
BOOKS
Local bestsellers for the week ended May 21
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.
BOOK REVIEW
In R.F. Kuang’s ‘Yellowface,’ intellectual theft by a white writer unleashes hauntings of all kinds
The wildly entertaining novel works on multiple levels. It is at once an exploration of guilt, a celebration of writing, a look at cultural appropriation, diversity, and racism in publishing, a sharp deconstruction of social media’s impact on the writing world and a bizarre ghost story.
BOOK REVIEW
Millennials, in Brandon Taylor’s ‘The Late Americans,’ confront a broken world through sex and theory
More mature than Taylor's Booker-nominated debut, “Real Life,” more polished than “Filthy Animals,” his third is a novel about the anxieties and pieties of grad students as they grapple with the art life and, more literally, each other.
BIBLIOPHILES
Burkhard Bilger on German Westerns and his favorite historical novels
The New Yorker writer's new book is “Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets."
BOOK REVIEW
‘King: A Life,’ Jonathan Eig’s deeply researched new MLK biography, reveals a man beset by insecurity and personal doubt but grounded in moral conviction
As Eig details, fame made Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts often as much of a curse as a blessing. The biography forces readers to view King as more than a martyr, icon, or saint — to see him for who he was, instead of who people thought he was, or wanted him to be.
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS
A new memoir of recovery; Grub Street executive director wins award; a Maine author translates a Swedish poem
News about authors and books from around the region.
STORY BEHIND THE BOOK
Psychology professor Kay Redfield Jamison wants to broaden the notion of psychological healing
Her new book “Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind,” which she calls “a kind of love song to psychotherapy,” sprang from the inspiration she found at a dark time.