Book List
New York Times Book Review – Every Sunday the NYT’s reviewers write about the newest books on the market. Here are most of the titles discussed in August, 2016, more fiction than nonfiction.
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything by Rosa Brooks (NF)
I’m Supposed to Protect You From All This by Nadja Spiegelman (Memoir)
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman (NF)
Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerney
Break in Case of Emergency by Jessica Winters
Conrad and Eleanor by Jane Rodgers
Listen to Me by Hannah Pittard
Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell
The Inseparables by Stuart Nadler
Southern Fiction
A Thousand Miles From Nowhere by John Gregory Brown
Nitro Mountain by Lee Clay Johnson
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Oprah’s Book Club)
We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley
Cousin Joseph by Jules Feiffer (Graphic Novel)
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong
Max Gate by Damien Wilkins
Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith
Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe
Still Here by Lara Vapnyar
Dr, Knox by Peter Spiegelman
Security by Gina Wohlsdorf
God, Realigned: The Era of Reformation by Michael Massing (NF)
American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin (NF)
The Couple Next Door by Harlan Coben
Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr “addictive crime procedural”
War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
The Senility of Vladimir P by Michael Honig
Losing It by Emma Rathbone
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
Powerhouse by James Andrew Miller (NF)
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (NF)
Scream by Tama Janowitz (NF)
Modernity and Its Discontents by Steven B. Smith (NF)
Against Everything by Mark Greif (NF)
Necessary Trouble by Sarah Jaffe (NF)
The Great Suppression by Zachery Roth(NF)
From Humans of New York to Obama’s Office: How a Principal Built a School by Nadia Lopez
Crime Fiction
Rise the Dark by Michael Koryta
Still Mine by Amy Stuart
Nothing Short of Dying by Erik Storey
The Wages of Desire by Stephen Kelly
From French
One Hundred Twenty-One Days by Michèle Audin
Constellation by Adrien Bosc
Abahn Sabana David by Marguerite Duras
Mon Ami Amèricaine by Michèle Halberstadt
Publisher’s Weekly – Book List
The Senility of Vladimir P by Michael Honig
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
The Chosen Ones by Steve Sem-Sandberg
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin (NF)
Still Here by Lara Vapnyar
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich (NF)
The Wages of Desire: An Inspector Lamb Mystery by Stephen Kelly
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
All at Sea: A Memoir by Decca Aitkenhead
The Golden Age by Joan London
A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumoto
Riverine: A Memoir From Anywhere But Here by Angela Palm (Memoir)
Damaged by Lisa Scottoline
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto
The One Man by Andrew Gross
Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA by Christopher Moran (NF)
Moo by Sharon Creech
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro di Medici by Catherine Fletcher (NF)
A Shocking Assassination by Cora Harrison
The Nix: A Novel by Nathan Hill
IRL by Tommy Pico
Blood in the Water: the Attica Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson (NF)
Independent Booksellers – Book List
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
The Last Days of Nights by Graham Moore
A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
First Comes Love by Emily Griffin
Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerney
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
The Muse by Jessie Burton
The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
Amazon
Best Books for August
Another Brooklyn: A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue
I’m Supposed to Protect You From All This by Nadja Spiegelman (Memoir)
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
The Bright Edge of the World: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey
The Last Days Night: A Novel by Graham Moore
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
Christodora: A Novel by Timothy Murphy
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin
Literature and Fiction
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
The Bright Edge of the World: A Novel by Eowyn Ivey
Bright, Precious Days: A Novel by Jay McInerney
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
I Will Send Rain: A Novel by Rae Meadows
Another Brooklyn: A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson
Christodora: A Novel by Timothy Murphy
Carousel Court: A Novel by Joe McGinniss Jr.
Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
The Gentleman: A Novel by Forrest Leo
The Dollhouse: A Novel by Fiona Davis
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
Mysteries and Thriller
A Time of Torment by John Connolly (Charlie Parker)
In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White
Damaged by Lisa Scottoline
The Couple Next Door: A Novel by Shari Lapena
Surrender, New York: A Novel by Caleb Carr
Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis
Insidious (an FBI thriller) by Catherine Coulter
The Last Days of Night: A Novel by Graham Moore
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Hike: A Novel by Drew Magary
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth) by N K Jemisin
The Last Days of New Paris by Chine Mièville
Blood of the Earth (A Soulwood Novel) by Faith Hunter
Ghost Father by Mary Robinette
The Gentleman: A Novel by Forrest Leo
Invasive: A Novel by Chuck Wendig
The Dragon Lords: Fool’s Gold by Jon Hollins
Machinations by Hayley Stone
Zen 12 by Kerri Hawkins
So Many Books, Choose Wisely 
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