An Erotic Story of Love and Obsession in 1960s Amsterdam
An unlikely romance blooms in Yael van der Wouden’s tricky, remarkable novel, “The Safekeep.”
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An unlikely romance blooms in Yael van der Wouden’s tricky, remarkable novel, “The Safekeep.”
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Novels that take on the marginalized or vilified women in mythology are flooding bookstores and reigniting questions about who gets to tell these stories, and how.
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In “A Walk in the Park,” Kevin Fedarko recounts a trek-of-a-lifetime that becomes a nightmare in one of America’s most stunning sites. At least he can laugh about it.
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Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,228. Explore the best fiction and nonfiction from 2000 - 2023 chosen by our editors.
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The Best Romance Novels of the Year (So Far)
Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads.
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She Was More Than the Woman Who Made Julia Child Famous
In “The Editor,” Sara B. Franklin argues that Judith Jones was a “publishing legend,” transcending industry sexism to champion cookbooks — and Anne Frank.
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She Survived a Train Accident. Her Train Wreck of a Dad Is Next.
In Garth Risk Hallberg’s new novel, a teenage rebel and her father reconnect amid a sea of their own troubles.
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Domination Meets Inspiration in a Consuming Affair Between Artists
R.O. Kwon’s second novel, “Exhibit,” sees two Korean American women finding pleasure in a bond that knits creative expression and sadomasochism.
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In a new book, the historian Kim A. Wagner investigates the slaughter by U.S. troops of nearly 1,000 people in the Philippines in 1906 — an atrocity long overlooked in this country.
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Sex, Drugs and Economics: The Double Life of a Conservative Gadfly
The professor and social commentator Glenn Loury opens up about his vices in a candid new memoir.
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Stuart E. Eizenstat has served half a dozen U.S. presidents and made a lot of friends. In “The Art of Diplomacy,” he lays out some of their teachable moments.
By Fintan O’Toole
With her collaborator, Elaine Mazlish, she wrote “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” and other books that have endured as parenting bibles.
By Alex Williams
A Gwendolyn Brooks biography; a Bill Cunningham photo collection.
Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.
By Dina Gachman and Daniel Arnold
Recent best sellers have reached for a familiar feminist credo, one that renounces domestic life for career success.
By Sarah Menkedick
His own dark history prompted him to write about and investigate the roots of violence, notably in his best-selling novel “The Alienist.”
By Penelope Green
At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the banality of the graduation ceremony is a tradition worth celebrating.
By A.O. Scott
This week's selection includes titles by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Emma Donoghue, Elizabeth Acevedo and more.
By Miguel Salazar
Some books sprint; others take the scenic route. The heady, highly absorbing titles here earn their marathon run times.
By Alexander Nazaryan
Two new picture books dive into refugee childhoods.
By Alan Gratz
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