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He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing

Sharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75

Navigating the Maze of Paying for College

A call for another Great Migration, this one in reverse

The Very First Cover of the Book Review

‘The Hare’ is a richly told tale of female resilience

How one man’s talks with the dispossessed changed foreign policy

Piling up incriminating information about Trump’s Russian connections

An interstellar accident — or a piece of alien technology?

Arctic explorers who battled scurvy, starvation and bears

Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can Do the Same.

Mystery Boxes and Budding Loves: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

Order and Chaos, Mostly Chaos, in 3 Debut Novels

New in Paperback: ‘Supreme Inequality’ and ‘Little Gods’

Cartoons, JFK’s Victory and Other Letters to the Editor

10 New Books We Recommend This Week

In Edward Carey’s ‘The Swallowed Man,’ ‘Pinocchio’ gets a reboot

‘The Four Winds’ is Kristin Hannah’s next inevitable bestseller. Don’t forget the tissues.

Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again

From Michael Lewis, a ‘Superhero Story’ About the Pandemic

How Do We Regain Trust in Institutions?

Books Are Back in the White House — And One of Them Is by Angie Thomas

Books Are Back in the White House — And One of Them Is by Angie Thomas

Christopher Little, Who Built an Empire Around a Boy Wizard, Dies at 79

When I find fiction too draining, I turn to books about books. They can be as thrilling as a whodunit.

In ‘Just as I Am,’ actress Cicely Tyson reflects on 96 years of a life well lived

50 years later, ‘The Monster at the End of This Book’ is still selling — and inspiring authors

Washington Post paperback bestsellers

13 New Books to Watch For in February

A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the ‘British Schindler’

Lauren Oyler’s ‘Fake Accounts’ Captures the Relentlessness of Online Life

Conquer ‘Moby-Dick,’ finish ‘Infinite Jest’: Avid readers share their resolutions for 2021

Does It Make Sense to Call Anyone ‘Normal’?

What Really Happens Inside a Crime Lab?

P.O.V.: You’re Geppetto, Missing Your Wooden Son From Inside the Belly of a Fish

‘Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty,’ by Maurice Chammah: An Excerpt

William Boyd’s ‘Trio’ is a rollicking escape from today’s soul-crushing social and political turmoil

Meet the book club that’s helping to quickly vaccinate its town

‘No Heaven for Good Boys,’ by Keisha Bush: An Excerpt

How to Pay for College (and Not Lose Your Shirt)

Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story

Did an Alien Life-Form Do a Drive-By of Our Solar System in 2017?

‘Loneliness Kills’: A Middle-Aged Dad Seeks Friendship

Meet a Family Who Spent 9 Months Traveling the Globe, Pre-Plague

Beyond the Cruel Facts of Her Life Are Truths That Cut Deep

New & Noteworthy, From the Science of Life to Annie Oakley

Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More

Under the Most Difficult Circumstances, Kindness Prevails

The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System

Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for ‘When You Trap a Tiger’