Friday, January 29, 2021

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


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Navigating the Maze of Paying for College


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A call for another Great Migration, this one in reverse


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The Very First Cover of the Book Review


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


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


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Piling up incriminating information about Trump’s Russian connections


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An interstellar accident — or a piece of alien technology?


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Arctic explorers who battled scurvy, starvation and bears


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


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Mystery Boxes and Budding Loves: New Science Fiction and Fantasy


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Order and Chaos, Mostly Chaos, in 3 Debut Novels


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


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


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Thursday, January 28, 2021

10 New Books We Recommend This Week


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


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


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Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again


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


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How Do We Regain Trust in Institutions?


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


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


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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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


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


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


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


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Washington Post paperback bestsellers


13 New Books to Watch For in February


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A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the ‘British Schindler’


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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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


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


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Does It Make Sense to Call Anyone ‘Normal’?


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What Really Happens Inside a Crime Lab?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More


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Under the Most Difficult Circumstances, Kindness Prevails


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The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System


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The Best Thrillers of 2025

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