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Sigrid Nunez Follows ‘The Friend’ With a Sorrowful, Funny Novel About Death

Malcolm X, Laurence Fishburne and ‘the Theater of Your Mind’

From Iran to America, One Epic Tale at a Time

A Python Ate the President’s Neighbor? Only in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida

Mieko Kawakami, Maggie O’Farrell : la chronique « poches » de Véronique Ovaldé

Alice Koller, Author of the Solitary Life, Dies at 94

7 Takeaways From ‘Melania and Me,’ by the First Lady’s Former Friend

Kurt Andersen on ‘Evil Geniuses’

« Les Dynamiteurs », de Benjamin Whitmer : amours explosifs à Denver

Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II

Missing the Classroom? These Novels Will Take You There

New in Paperback: ‘The Testaments’ and ‘The Patient’s Checklist’

Hitler and the Holocaust

War — What Is It Good For? Chemotherapy, Apparently

Letters to the Editor

Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage

How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan

Revisiting the ‘Emotional Hodge-Podge’ of ‘Catch-22’

How Much Can 1968 Tell Us About 2020?

11 New Books We Recommend This Week

Printer Jam: Serious Supply Issues Disrupt the Book Industry’s Fall Season

Don’t Call Him Wimpy! Jeff Kinney Repaired His Own Vehicle on His Book Tour

Power and Passage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

New & Noteworthy, From Angels to American Cuisine

The Best Book Jill Lepore Ever Got as a Present Is One She Hates

Anna Akhmatova, Cy, Paolo Rumiz, Frédéric Jacques Temple, Benedict Wells… Les brèves critiques de la rentrée littéraire du « Monde des livres »

Chiche, Liberati, Rolin… Cinq romans pour la fin des vacances d’été

A Beautiful, Urgent Novel of the Palestinian Struggle

Ecouter lire Keylia, Manaé, Lou, Anthyme… Et croire en l’avenir

In the Second Volume of ‘Hitler,’ How a Dictator Invited His Own Downfall

Dark Portrait of a Childhood Wins International Booker Prize

Sarah Chiche, une vie dans l’ombre de « Saturne »

Elena Ferrante’s New Novel Is a Suspenseful Story About the Sins of Parents

Gail Sheehy’s Books Helped Readers Define Their Lives

‘Sisters,’ by Daisy Johnson: An Excerpt

Read Our Reviews of 7 Important Books Released Today

Gail Sheehy, Journalist and Author and Social Observer, Dies at 82

‘The Last Great Road Bum,’ by Héctor Tobar: An Excerpt

‘El Jefe,’ by Alan Feuer: An Excerpt

Helen Macdonald Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of the Natural World

The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction

Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man

What It Took to Get El Chapo Behind Bars for Life

The Never-Ending War Between the White House and the Press

‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax

Paul Theroux on a Globetrotting Novel Inspired by a Real Adventurer