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The protagonists of “A Day With Mousse,” “Little Shrew” and “Lone Wolf Goes to School” feel happiest on their own.
New Books About Elon Musk’s X and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Big Tech
Three new books explore the fraught relationships between tech companies and the U.S. government through close looks at Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Elon Musk’s X.
The Best Book Covers of 2024
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6 New Books We Recommend This Week
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Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading
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10 biographies and memoirs for the nonfiction reader in your life
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Book Review: ‘The Icon and the Idealist,’ by Stephanie Gorton
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Our Book Critics on Their Year in Reading
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Why Not Give Someone a Compliment Today?
Don’t underestimate the simple power of complimenting a stranger.
Interview: S.E. Hinton on ‘The Outsiders’ and Her Reading Life
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15 New Holiday and Christmas Romance Books to Celebrate the Season
New festive stories center the many ways people celebrate the season, and each other.
Read Your Way Around Chicago
Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.
Engrossing New Historical Fiction
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French Court Finds Author Charles Onana Guilty of Denying Rwandan Genocide
Charles Onana and his publisher were fined for passages in a book that were found to have violated a French law making it illegal to deny an officially recognized genocide.
Nikki Giovanni: A Life in Pictures
The poet left a long visual record of a career in the public sphere.
What Can We Learn From the C.E.O. Shooting Suspect’s Goodreads History?
Like many Americans of his background, his bookish aspirations were defined by what everybody else was reading, or thought they should be reading.
When Nikki Giovanni Was Young, Brilliant and Unafraid
The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by staying true to her vision and herself.
Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024
This year, our Fresh Air book critic highlights alternative history, suspense, satire — and some of the most extraordinary letters ever written. Here are Maureen Corrigan's 10 best books of 2024.
‘Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents’ Surges in Popularity Online
A decade after it was published, the book “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” is surging in popularity and making people rethink their family dynamic.
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