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In Hanna Halperin’s debut novel, “Something Wild,” a family contends with its troubled past and brutal present.
In Beck Dorey-Stein’s first novel, “Rock the Boat,” a 34-year-old woman ends up on the Jersey Shore, right where she started.
Francine Prose’s new novel, “The Vixen,” ushers readers into the rarefied world of old-world publishing.
The novel “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” tells some of the same story, but also departs from the movie in ways small and large.
In “Miseducated,” Brandon P. Fleming recounts a childhood of abuse, neglect and crime, and how it led him to Harvard.
In her latest On Poetry column, Elisa Gabbert considers posthumous career retrospectives from two writers known for their politics.
The latest from the aptly named Francine Prose is “The Vixen,” a surprisingly funny tale involving Ethel Rosenberg and the C.I.A.
In “Nightmare Scenario,” the Washington Post journalists Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta retrace the Trump administration’s response to Covid from January 2020 to January 2021.
In 1947, the legendary journalist John Gunther published “Inside U.S.A.,” a best-selling 900-page portrait of the country. Robert Gottlieb revisits the book, revealing a reporter with an eagle eye and a limitless appetite for facts.
Smith discusses his new book about reckoning with the history of slavery, and Julian Rubinstein discusses “The Holly.”
Philip D’Anieri’s “Appalachian Trail” chronicles the people who created the legendary footpath and its lasting legacy.
Sarah Weinman on four new mysteries, including Heather Levy’s “spellbinding” debut, “Walking Through Needles.”
Are you a literary trivia fiend? Put that knowledge to good use in a custom crossword puzzle.
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
These collections include forays into a Dominican dictatorship, a tragic ferry accident in South Korea and polyamory.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
“That’s a neglected, important part of life.”
“How the Word is Passed” is equal parts crash course, prose poem, travelogue and reckoning.
From flashlight-under-the-blanket page-turners and music-infused time travel to a campy book about camp, here are 11 summer novels for comics-hungry kids.
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