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Heller McAlpin Heller McAlpin is a New York-based critic who reviews books regularly for NPR.org,The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle and other publications.

Heller McAlpin is a New York-based critic who reviews books regularly for NPR.org, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle and other publications.

Tuesday September 24, 2024

Intermezzo: A Novey by Sally Rooney

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Monday September 23, 2024

Playground: A Novey by Richard Powers

Saturday August 24, 2024

Cover of Interpretations of Love

Tuesday July 30, 2024

The Most book cover on a blue background

Monday July 22, 2024

Cover of Liars

Thursday June 20, 2024

Cover of Parade

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Monday June 10, 2024

Cover of Consent

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Pantheon

Saturday June 8, 2024

Cover of Forgotten on Sunday

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Wednesday May 22, 2024

What's it like to live in a vacation spot when tourists leave? 'Wait' offers a window

Tuesday May 7, 2024

'Long Island' renders bare the universality of longing

Wednesday February 28, 2024

Sloane Crosley mourns her best friend in 'Grief Is for People'

Tuesday February 27, 2024

Tommy Orange's 'Wandering Stars' is a powerful follow up to 'There There'

Saturday February 10, 2024

Move over, senior center — these 5 books center seniors

Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR

Monday December 11, 2023

3 coffee table books featuring gardens recall the beauty in our endangered world

Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR

Saturday December 9, 2023

4 coffee table art books from 2023 that are a visual feast

Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR

Saturday November 18, 2023

'Day' is a sad story of middle-aged disillusionment

Monday October 23, 2023

In 'I Must Be Dreaming,' Roz Chast succeeds in engaging us with her dreams

Wednesday October 18, 2023

'The House of Doors' offers an ingenious twist, exploring how literature works magic

Tuesday October 10, 2023

In Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Roman Stories,' many characters are caught between two worlds

Tuesday October 3, 2023

In 'Our Strangers,' life's less exciting aspects are deemed fascinating

Tuesday September 19, 2023

'North Woods' is the story of a place and its inhabitants over centuries

Wednesday July 5, 2023

Two new feel-good novels about bookstores celebrate the power of reading

Thursday June 15, 2023

In 'Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge,' Helen Ellis' home life takes center stage

Tuesday May 16, 2023

'The Three of Us' tracks a married couple and the wife's manipulative best friend