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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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“Cloudthief,” by Nathaniel Rich, follows a dispirited writer into a scheme to get rich and find romance along the way.
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Julie Buntin’s novel “Famous Men” complicates an old story with questions of ambition and consent.
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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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By Guardian Books · about 8 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,…
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Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.
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By NYT Books · about 23 hours ago
In “Every Inch a Lady,” Audrey Smaltz shares her incredible story — if not her inimitable voice.
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Her first collection of short fiction, “It Will Come Back to You,” is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.
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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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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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In “Catch the Devil,” Pamela Colloff vividly tells the true story of the con man who traded on other prisoners’ “confessions” for clemency.
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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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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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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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