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Three new books tackle various mysteries from the world of linguistics: why we swear, why we say “mm-hmm” all the time and how conversation arose.
A boisterous, loving Irish wake is “the best guide to life you could ever have,” Kevin Toolis writes in his new memoir, “My Father’s Wake.”
Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s tale of a young man’s journey to Antarctica symbolizes our wanderlust and the power of imagination over expectation.
Roma Agrawal, a pioneering structural engineer for some of the world’s tallest towers, explains the history and beauty of her craft.
Marilyn Stasio’s mystery column visits the canals of Venice and the cliffs of southern Britain, with American pit stops at a mortuary and a motel.
In Elizabeth Crook’s western-inflected novel, “The Which Way Tree,” teenage siblings go on a quest for vengeance.
In Uzodinma Iweala’s new novel, “Speak No Evil,” a young man’s journey of self-discovery runs into opposition from his parents and their church.
I wish McKenney’s life had been as joyous and carefree as her effervescent memoirs. But I rejoice that her books are still available at my hometown library.
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Ian Buruma’s memoir, “A Tokyo Romance,” recaptures his youthful experiences in the avant-garde film and theater world of the postwar city.
The novelist and essayist Sloane Crosley says that “any woman who has to take an author photo where she looks the just-right amount of appealing is a literary hero.”
Michael Isikoff and David Corn tell the story of how Russia and its meddling came to dominate a presidential election.
Peter Carey’s novel “A Long Way From Home” follows a married couple and their bachelor neighbor on a bumptious 10,000-mile endurance contest.
Current U.S. politics can be defined by what the historian referred to in her 1984 book “The March of Folly” as a “wooden-headedness” in statecraft.
David Cay Johnston’s “It’s Even Worse Than You Think” is an account of Trump’s efforts to create a weakened government.
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he is replacing the secretary of state with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director.
Fans of the Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa have two reasons to celebrate: a feisty new novel and a fiery, politically charged essay collection.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Reading by and for the 21st-century woman, from beyond the Western canon.
Meghan Kenny’s “The Driest Season” and Kristin Hannah’s “The Great Alone” trace teenage grief during periods of American turmoil.
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