Books
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An Erotica Pioneer Goes From Hero to Villain for Dozens of Authors
Anne Wills was a mother of four who doted on her children, was an active volunteer with a youth swim…
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Richard Powers on ‘Bewilderment’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen In “Bewilderment,” Richard Powers’s first novel since he won…
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In a Memoir, the Impeachment Witness Fiona Hill Recounts Her Journey From ‘Blighted World’ to White House
The arresting title of Fiona Hill’s new book, “There Is Nothing for You Here,” is what her father told her…
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Stephanie Grisham, the Latest White House Memoirist, Offers Apologies and Payback
Observers often compared Donald J. Trump’s administration to the kind of reality show he once oversaw. But the many memoirs…
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In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress
For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he’s right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive. In “Rationality: What…
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14 New Books Coming in October
‘All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told,’ by Douglas Wolk (Penguin Press,…
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When the Times Book Review Panned the Classics
In the fall of 1901, Gustavus Hindman Miller, a department store owner in Chattanooga, Tenn., was preparing to embark on…
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From Joshua Ferris: A Father’s Scattershot Legacy, Narrated Unreliably
We first meet Charlie Barnes as he realizes he has “the big kahuna of cancers: pancreatic.” Bad news? It makes…
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Humanity Is Stupid, Helpless and Possibly Worth Saving
THE TRUTH AND OTHER STORIESBy Stanislaw LemTranslated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones DIALOGUESBy Stanislaw LemTranslated by Peter Butko One hundred years ...
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Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads,’ a Mellow, ’70s-Era Heartbreaker That Starts a Trilogy
Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, “Crossroads,” is the first in a projected trilogy, which is reason to be wary. Good trilogies…