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Joy Williams Grudgingly Revises, Word by Word
But “I’m averse to entertaining the thought that what I’m working on is a first draft,” she says, “which implies the necessity of a second, even a third.” Her new book is “Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael.”
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6 Years, 4 Raw Human Stories From the New China
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.
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5 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Book Club: Read ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ With the Book Review
In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder.
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Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,228. Explore the best fiction and nonfiction from 2000 - 2023 chosen by our editors.
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For the midcentury New York intellectuals, Ronnie Grinberg writes in a new book, a particular kind of machismo was de rigueur — even for women.
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Creditvia Riverside Films The Angel of Death Has Some Reservations About His Job
Joy Williams distills much learning — from philosophy, religion and history — into 99 stories about the guy who takes your soul.
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The journalist Richard Behar communicated extensively with the disgraced financier. His rigorous if irreverent book acknowledges his subject’s humanity.
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CreditRuby Washington/The New York Times Who Was Harriet Tubman? A Historian Sifts the Clues.
A brisk new biography by the National Book Award-winning historian Tiya Miles aims to restore the iconic freedom fighter to human scale.
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CreditNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Have You Heard the One About the School for Stand-Up Comedy?
In “The Material,” Camille Bordas imagines the anxious hotbed where the perils of being a college student and the perils of being funny meet.
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Roving EyeIn “Russian Gothic,” a Veteran’s Paranoia and Delirium Reflect a Nation’s
The 1991 novel turns a private disturbance into bracing social commentary.
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FictionReality Is Imploding in This Post-Pandemic, Fever-Dream Novel
Laura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be?
By Ruth Franklin
Paperback Row6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Jhumpa Lahiri, Kerry Howley, Djuna and more.
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Starting on July 8, we’ll unveil a list of 100. Make sure you’re among the first to find out.
Children’s BooksPicture Books Where the Playground Is a Metaphor for Life Itself
It can be thrillingly dangerous and profoundly comforting at the same time.
By Mac Barnett
TimesVideo4 Books to Read This Summer
A New York Times Book Review editor recommends four books for the summer.
By Joumana Khatib, Karen Hanley and Claire Hogan
The unstoppablesPaul Theroux on Necessary Solitude, Risks and the Joy of Writing
After 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls out of his chair.
By Guy Trebay
The Most Intriguing Animated Films You’ll Never See
A digital book, “Drawing for Nothing,” highlights some of the best art from canceled animation projects like “Me and My Shadow.”
By Robert Ito
A British Literary Festival Fit for a Queen
The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word.
By Jennifer Harlan and Alice Zoo
audiobooks4 New Audiobook Memoirs for Music Lovers
Recent books by Ghostface Killah, Kathleen Hanna, Michael McDonald and Darius Rucker hit notes both high and low.
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