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Books of all genres that shed light on what it means to be female today.
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The music critic David Yaffe pays tribute to the singer-songwriter in his new book.
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Walter Isaacson turns his attention to Leonardo da Vinci and all his mechanical and artistic achievements.
In “Sticky Fingers,” the first biography of the Rolling Stone co-founder and editor, Joe Hagan holds nothing back.
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The film version of a book often has an unfair advantage. But R.J. Palacio’s best-selling novel offers much more than meets the eye.
Nigeria has become a major exporter of literary talent, and now one publisher, Cassava Republic, is expanding to the United States.
Four books to read now, as suggested by Jacqueline Woodson, Celeste Ng, Kurt Andersen and Neil de Grasse Tyson.
In his first essay collection, “True Stories,” the English writer Francis Spufford weighs in on Antarctica, science fiction and those annoying atheists.
In “James Wright: A Life in Poetry,” Jonathan Blunk traces the great writer’s inspirations, obsessions and friendships.
In “This Blessed Earth,” Ted Genoways writes about a Nebraskan farmer and his family as they try to adapt to changing times.
Four debut novelists take readers from 19th-century China to the present-day Middle East and Australia, with stops in Rio and the American Midwest.
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