Books
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A Shape-Shifting Novel About the Power of Stories
In Helen Oyeyemi’s “Parasol Against the Axe,” a woman’s trip to Prague becomes a meta-narrative about connection with art, people…
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Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World
In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out…
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A New Keith Haring Biography Draws the Most Complete Picture Yet
In his thoroughly researched “Radiant,” Brad Gooch considers the short, blazing life of the ’80s artist, activist and man about…
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A Fresh Look at a Sensational 1843 Murder Case and Its Fallout
In “The Witch of New York,” Alex Hortis revisits a Staten Island case that helped usher in a lurid new…
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Tana French’s Moody, Mesmerizing New Thriller
“The Hunter,” set in western Ireland, is a sequel to 2020’s “The Searcher.”
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6 Young Adult Novels That Reimagine and Retell Greek Mythology
Deborah Crossland, the author of “The Quiet Part Out Loud,” recommends some of her favorite Y.A. reimaginings of classical myths.
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Can Either Party Hold It Together Until November?
The Republican Party of the Sunshine State, the NBC News reporter Matt Dixon writes in SWAMP MONSTERS: Trump vs. DeSantis…
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Kate DiCamillo Says ‘Paying Attention Is a Way to Love the World’
What books are on your night stand? On the literal night stand, the pile includes Alice McDermott’s “The Ninth Hour”…
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Comedy Gold
In the audiobook oral history “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of ‘Airplane!,’” a cast of dozens fondly…
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John Schu’s Novel-in-Verse Lets a Boy Speak About Anorexia
“Louder Than Hunger” joins a very small shelf of novels and memoirs that address eating disorders from a male point…