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‘Rigged,’ by David Shimer: An Excerpt

‘Blue Ticket,’ by Sophie Mackintosh: An Excerpt

A Search for U.F.O.s Leads to Utopian Dreams in This Debut Novel

New Audiobooks, From Thomas Cromwell to the World of Darkness

A Novel Asks: What if Women Were Forbidden From Doing It All?

How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections

‘Begin Again’ Calls on James Baldwin to Make Sense of Today

The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash

Jim Carrey, Unmasked

Charles Webb, Elusive Author of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 81

When the Room With a View Is Kevin Kwan’s, Things Might Get Wild

Brave Teenage Refugees Seek a Home of the Free

Preparing to Launch: Three Adolescents Count Down to Adulthood

Biographie. « Aliénor d’Aquitaine », de Martin Aurell : une femme aux horizons multiples

Assaulted at 15, a Writer Looks Back and Comes Forward

« J’adore », de Mieko Kawakami : des Socrate en herbe

Jean-Marie Laclavetine, Paoli Pigani, Oscar Peer : la chronique « poches » de Mathias Enard

A Short Guide to ‘The World’

A Life in Football, From Glory to Pain

Psychological Thrillers That Will Mess With Your Head

When James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Reviewed Each Other

A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap

New in Paperback: ‘The Nickel Boys’ and ‘Confirmation Bias’

Ahab’s White Whale and Other Letters to the Editor

Elsa Joubert, 97, Dies; Afrikaans Writer Explored Black Reality

How We Got Here: Writers on Race and Racism in America

9 New Books We Recommend This Week

Biographie. « Les Frères Goncourt. Hommes de lettres », de Jean-Louis Cabanès et Pierre Dufief : réévaluation réussie

Inès Benaroya, Josselin Bordat, Olivia Chambard, Alain Deneault, Alice McDermott… les brèves critiques du « Monde des livres »

Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle

The Ending of This Louisa May Alcott Story May Disappoint You

Books Are a Great Fit for Quarantine. The Book Business, Not So Much.

Want to Be in Stacey Abrams’s Book Club? Sorry, It’s Family Only.

Leo Tolstoy vs. the Police

A Poet Whose Calling Is Doubt Celebrates Language’s Uncertainty

Robert Richardson Jr., Biographer of Literary Giants, Dies at 86

George R. R. Martin Is Typing

« Le perroquet qui m’aimait », ou ce qu’être humain veut dire

16 Books to Watch For in July

A Rebellious Victorian Woman Rescued From History’s Shadows

Jean Raspail, Whose Immigration Novel Drew the Far Right, Dies at 94

Overwhelmed With Orders, Some Black-Owned Bookstores Ask for Patience

Virginie Despentes Makes France Angry, but Things Are Changing

‘Love,’ by Roddy Doyle: An Excerpt

Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit

New & Noteworthy, From Kevin Kwan to a Call for Integration

In Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Novel, Nothing Is Certain. Not Even Death.

How a Writer With a Ph.D. in Psychology Became a Poker Champ

She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied

Paid to Seduce Another Man’s Wife, He Fell Violently in Love With Her