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The novelist Kristin Hannah would like to discuss women’s history with Margaret Atwood, Hillary Clinton and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Let’s face it, the Notorious R.B.G. is just plain cool.”
Whether it’s the modern labor market, a selfie obsession or loneliness brought on by cellphone addiction, here’s what’s wrong with young people.
In “Hippie Food,” Jonathan Kauffman tracks the emergence of the organic, politicized diet so many Americans love today.
“Years later, I understood that these were in fact romance novels for boys, which means very little romance and lots of danger and battle-forged camaraderie.”
Seeking authors with a spate of books I can consume one after another without coming up for air.
Walter Mosley leads off the Crime column, followed by a first novel set in rural Cornwall and series prequels from Charles Finch and Trudy Nan Boyce.
Bart D. Ehrman’s “The Triumph of Christianity” looks at how a new religion conquered the Roman Empire.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
A retrospective collection from the poet and publisher, “Ferlinghetti’s Greatest Poems,” gets at his rebellious appeal.
“Hello, Universe,” “Wolf in the Snow,” “We Are Okay,” and “Piecing Me Together” are among the medal winners.
A new book from the illustrator Gretchen Röehrs puts fruits and vegetables on fashion parade.
Marci Shore’s “The Ukrainian Night” describes the protesters of a still-unfinished revolution.
In “Asymmetry,” Lisa Halliday weaves the tale of a May-December love affair into the account of an Iraqi-American economist detained at Heathrow.
Elizabeth Flock’s “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea” provides a close-up look at three couples in Mumbai.
Verses that will forge bonds between you and your little ones through the power of language.
In “Fire Sermon,” the author of the story collection “I Want to Show You More” describes a married woman’s love affair.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The nine step money management system in “Your Money or Your Life” allowed both its writers to quit traditional work by the age of 30.
Madame Nielsen’s “The Endless Summer” — a novel combining nostalgia, reverie and tragedy — is about a family who decides to live it up.
In this dark, seething debut, 13-year-old Colin struggles to come to terms with his father’s suicide and his own sexuality.
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