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Two new picture books dive into refugee childhoods.
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In “The Work of Art,” famed creators from the worlds of film, fashion, theater and more explore the hidden alchemy of their craft.
6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged.
The Bookseller Who Brought Hardcovers to America’s Most Famous Bookstore
In “Reading the Room,” Paul Yamazaki, the chief buyer for City Lights Booksellers, calls this “one of the richest and most rewarding times” to be a literature fan.
100 Years After Kafka’s Death, People and Nations Are Still Fighting Over His Legacy
A hundred years after Kafka’s death, people and nations are still fighting over his legacy.
Shirley Conran, Author Best Known for the Steamy ‘Lace,’ Dies at 91
A divorced single mother, she started out to write a sex guide for schoolgirls and ended up with a tale of female autonomy that became a best-selling novel.
Book Review: ‘The Silence of the Choir,’ by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
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Don DeLillo’s Best Books: A Guide
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The Best Crime Novels of 2024 (So Far)
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Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far.
Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ Wins the International Booker Prize
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Book Review: ‘Butcher,’ by Joyce Carol Oates
Through the lens of a 19th-century doctor, Joyce Carol Oates explores gothic medical horror.
Sebastian Junger Is Reporting Live From the Brink of Death
In his new memoir, Junger, the veteran journalist, makes sense of — and an uneasy peace with — an experience few have survived.
Book Review: ‘In Tongues,’ by Thomas Grattan
Thomas Grattan’s queer coming-of-age novel “In Tongues” unfurls in the Manhattan art world at the turn of the millennium.
Penguin Random House Dismisses Two of Its Top Publishers
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Kevin Kwan, Author of ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ Talks About His New Novel
Kevin Kwan left Singapore’s opulent, status-obsessed, upper crust when he was 11. He’s still writing about it.
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