9 New Books We Recommend This Week | Book Review - New York Times

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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times by Gregory Cowles, Senior Editor, Books. 

Sometimes the news gets a little — heavy? Terrifying? Relentless? That’s O.K. We feel it too. And while we would never advise you to stop looking at the front page (those reporters are good), we can offer you some escapist reading when you’re ready for a break. Six of this week’s nine recommended titles are fiction. Fair warning, though: Just because a story is made up doesn’t mean it’s not heavy, or terrifying, or relentless. Spend some time with the depraved psychiatrist in Craig Russell’s horror thriller, or the victims of male violence in Maryse Meijer’s story collection, and you may be grateful to return to the usual planes dropping from the sky.
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