Books
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This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.
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Gin, Lipstick and Cigarettes: Inside a Glamorous Midcentury Divorce Ranch
“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they…
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Without Senators in Sight, Christine Blasey Ford Retells Her Story
Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted…
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‘Rear Window’ Redux, With a Blind Girl Twist
In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly…
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She’s an A.I. Sex Robot, and She’s Becoming Sentient
Sierra Greer’s debut novel, “Annie Bot,” explores questions of misogyny and toxic masculinity by following a pleasure robot that begins…
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7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’
When it comes to fiction, humor is serious business. If tragedy appeals to the emotions, wit appeals to the mind.…
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Writing a Book About Grief Isn’t Always Cathartic
Sloane Crosley’s apartment was robbed. Then her friend died. The only sensible thing to do was write about how it…
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Kate Zambreno Takes Issue With What Counts as ‘Literature’
What books are on your night stand? A bit of a brag, but I just got the Annie Ernaux box…
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A Rare Inside Look at Human Smuggling on the Border
In “Soldiers and Kings,” the anthropologist Jason De León interviews smugglers, arguing that they are victims of poverty and violence,…