For Ideologues in Silicon Valley, Everything Is Just Right
In Jonas Lüscher’s novel “Kraft,” a debt-ridden professor in a failing marriage tries to make a philosophical case for optimism.
The Human Ingenuity That Gave Us Nice Threads
In “The Fabric of Civilization,” the journalist and author Virginia Postrel recounts the evolution of textile production across cultures and centuries.
What America Owes to the Greeks and Romans
Thomas E. Ricks’s “First Principles” examines what the founders learned from ancient texts and how that affected the future of the country.
How A 1969 Murder At Harvard Turned Into A Cold Case And A 'Cautionary Tale'
In We Keep the Dead Close, author Becky Cooper revisits the killing of Harvard graduate student Jane Britton. The 440+ page book is overstuffed with suspects, motives, red herrings and interviews.
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In 'Particulate Matter,' Climate Change Is Personal — And Painful
Felicia Luna Lemus' memoir chronicles her attempt to make a life in California with her new wife — dealing with casual racism and homophobia, and then, terribly, the impact of the recent wildfires.
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In 'Particulate Matter,' Climate Change Is Personal — And Painful
Felicia Luna Lemus' memoir chronicles her attempt to make a life in California with her new wife — dealing with casual racism and homophobia, and then, terribly, the impact of the recent wildfires.
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Mariah Carey's Memoir Is Further Proof: She Has A Gift For Storytelling
The hitmaker, now celebrating 30 years into her career, has released a memoir — The Meaning of Mariah Carey — as detailed and entertaining as her songs.
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Mariah Carey's Memoir Is Further Proof: She Has A Gift For Storytelling
The hitmaker, now celebrating 30 years into her career, has released a memoir — The Meaning of Mariah Carey — as detailed and entertaining as her songs.
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Book Review: ‘The Arrest,’ by Jonathan Lethem
In Lethem’s new novel, “The Arrest,” a visitor upends the pastoral, postapocalyptic lives of a farming community in Maine.
Meena Kandasamy Claims Space For Herself In 'Exquisite Cadavers'
Meena Kandasamy's new novel is ostensibly about a married couple in London dealing with storms both intimate and geopolitical — but the writer also manages to work her own story into the margins.
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Meena Kandasamy Claims Space For Herself In 'Exquisite Cadavers'
Meena Kandasamy's new novel is ostensibly about a married couple in London dealing with storms both intimate and geopolitical — but the writer also manages to work her own story into the margins.
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If You Could Administer 'Instant Karma,' What Would You Do?
Marissa Meyer's new novel follows a girl who — after a karaoke rendition of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and a blow to the head — develops the ability to visit swift retribution on wrongdoers.
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If You Could Administer 'Instant Karma,' What Would You Do?
Marissa Meyer's new novel follows a girl who — after a karaoke rendition of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" and a blow to the head — develops the ability to visit swift retribution on wrongdoers.
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Book Review: ‘Kindred,’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
In “Kindred,” Rebecca Wragg Sykes offers a complete new story about Neanderthals, both how they lived and how they met their end.
8 Picture Books About Books
From a Kabul library bus to a Colombian garbage collector’s classics to the woman who brought Ferdinand the Bull to post-World War II Germany.
What’s Scarier, an Abandoned Boardinghouse or a Creepy Porcelain Doll?
Not much frightens Marilyn Stasio — except, as she admits in her new crime fiction column, eerie old dolls.
The Birth of the Animal Rights Movement
Ernest Freeberg talks about “A Traitor to His Species,” and the illustrator Christian Robinson discusses his career in picture books.
Slumber Parties: New Picture Books for Bedtime
Beautifully illustrated, and often as much incantation as story, these books are guaranteed to lull even the most wide-awake toddler.
Fantastic, Flavor-Filled Food Novels for Kids
Four new books feature Taiwanese, Pakistani, Indian and Chinese families — and the tempting cuisines they cook.
4 Books Fareed Zakaria Recommends for Today’s Political Moment
Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is on the list: “Still the best book ever written about this country.”
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