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Isabel Waidner’s As If, Danielle Allen’s Radical Duke, and Amitav Ghosh’s Ghost-Eye all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Article continues after advertisement * Fiction 1.

Our treasure chest of terrific reviews this week includes Robert Pinsky on The Poems of Seamus Heaney, Hanif Abdurraqib on John Edgar Wideman’s Languages of Home, John Banville on Selected Letters of John Updike, Dwight Garner on Jan Kerouac’s Baby Driver, and Hamilton Cain on Joy Williams’ The Pelican Child. Article continues after advertisement “Seamus Heaney’s genius included a gift for dealing with binary conflicts, large-scale or personal or some of each.

Andrew Ross Sorkin Publisher Viking Date Business History Hottest Books of the Season Non-Fiction A narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today. What is this? Rave The Wall Street Journal Andrew Ross Sorkin brings the drama of the crash to a high pitch.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s All the Way to the River, Sarah Moss’ Ripeness, and Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Article continues after advertisement Fiction Article continues after advertisement 1.

Publisher Pegasus Books Date Fiction Historical Romance A historical novel about Jane Austen that explores a question that has fascinated Janeites for years—Austen wrote some of the greatest love stories in existence, but did she ever fall in love? What is this? [Byrne's] treasure chest of Austen knowledge and her ability to spiritually inhabit historical figures are displayed to fine advantage ...

Catherine Lacey’s The Möbius Book, Michelle Huneven’s Bug Hollow, and Jan Gradvall’s The Story of ABBA all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Article continues after advertisement Fiction Article continues after advertisement 1.

Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Diarmaid MacCulloch’s Lower Than the Angels, David Szalay’s Flesh, and Elaine Pagels’ Miracles and Wonder all feature among April’s best reviewed books. Article continues after advertisement Fiction Article continues after advertisement 1.

Publisher Abrams Press Date Biography Film & TV Non-Fiction A biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini. What is this? Bailey was...eager to show another side of Gandolfini: a hard-driving, obsessive character actor who fretted over line memorization and sought out projects and roles that cut against what naturally became a tough-guy persona. Read Full Review >> Positive Air Mail The pre- and post-Sopranos sections of this book can’t compete with its hefty, chewy middle.

Joan Didion’s Notes to John, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Exit Zero, and Emily Henry’s Great Big Beautiful Life all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Article continues after advertisement Fiction Article continues after advertisement 1.

If we are lucky, it is in these moments, when we are both outside and inside ourselves in the face of a work of art, that we forget that it ever has to end. Fittingly, Run the Song refuses to come to a close: It cuts off in the middle of a DJ set, which Ratliff turns off before it is over.