Sizzling, Sexy Age-Gap Romance Novels
By NYT Books · about 1 hour ago
The best-selling author Rachel Lynn Solomon recommends forbidden love stories full of fiery desire, shifting power dynamics and so-wrong-it’s-right drama.
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75 Years Later, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ Remains a Great American Novel
By NYT Books · about 1 hour ago
Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.
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Book Review: ‘Cloudthief,’ by Nathaniel Rich
By NYT Books · about 8 hours ago
“Cloudthief,” by Nathaniel Rich, follows a dispirited writer into a scheme to get rich and find romance along the way.
Read Article →Book Review: ‘Famous Men,’ by Julie Buntin
Book Review: ‘Famous Men,’ by Julie Buntin
By NYT Books · about 8 hours ago
Julie Buntin’s novel “Famous Men” complicates an old story with questions of ambition and consent.
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Book Review: ‘The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby,’ by Michael Blanding
By NYT Books · about 8 hours ago
A new book by Michael Blanding chronicles the history of Hobby Lobby and its billionaire founder’s campaign to promote conservative Christian values.
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Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan review – a chef’s elegy to London
By Guardian Books · about 9 hours ago
Skipping between London, Shanghai and Hong Kong, this tale of family migration, politics and food has plenty of flavour and fire Amber Fan, the 22-year-old protagonist of Kit Fan’s heartfelt and elegiac second novel,…
Read Article →Golden Age Mysteries: A Starter Pack
Golden Age Mysteries: A Starter Pack
By NYT Books · 1 day ago
Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.
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Book Review: ‘Every Inch a Lady,’ by Audrey Smaltz
By NYT Books · 1 day ago
In “Every Inch a Lady,” Audrey Smaltz shares her incredible story — if not her inimitable voice.
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Book Review: ‘It Will Come Back to You,’ by Sigrid Nunez
By NYT Books · 1 day ago
Her first collection of short fiction, “It Will Come Back to You,” is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.
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Book Review: ‘Aging Out,’ by Lucy Schiller
By NYT Books · 1 day ago
From assisted living to elder activism and her own experience as a caregiver, Lucy Schiller investigates aging’s myriad challenges in her first book.
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Book Review: ‘Catch the Devil,’ by Pamela Colloff
By NYT Books · 1 day ago
In “Catch the Devil,” Pamela Colloff vividly tells the true story of the con man who traded on other prisoners’ “confessions” for clemency.
Read Article →Which Version of the ‘Odyssey’ Should You Read?
Which Version of the ‘Odyssey’ Should You Read?
By NYT Books · 2 days ago
Homer’s “Odyssey” has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down…
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Tom Gauld on bookshop offers – cartoon
By Guardian Books · 2 days ago
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‘People treat each other as disposable’: dating columnist turned novelist Annie Lord on love and sex in the age of apps
By Guardian Books · 2 days ago
Her breakup memoir and Vogue column made her the voice of modern dating. As her debut is published, she talks about single life, oversharing and why she still believes she’ll find love There is a scene in Annie Lord’s…
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Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
By Guardian Books · 3 days ago
From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders A one-sitting read is typically the domain of the short story – a form that…
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