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Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ Intimately Recaptures a Literary Giant

In Lauren Groff’s New Novel, Nothing — and Everything — Is Sacred

10 books to read in September

In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction

When Covid struck the Wolitzers, Meg and Hilma bonded by creating a book. Let them tell you about it.

‘Three Rooms,’ by Jo Hamya: An Excerpt

The Stenographer Who Married Dostoyevsky — and Saved Him From Ruin

Stephen Graham Jones’s ‘My Heart Is a Chainsaw’ will delight horror movie fans

In Literary Organizations, Diversity Disputes Keep Coming

When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson

Paula Hawkins has a new thriller, and let’s just say it’s no ‘The Girl on the Train’

Stephen B. Oates, historian and biographer of Lincoln and King, dies at 85

For ‘Unorthodox’ fans, Deborah Feldman’s new memoir offers intriguing update

Well Educated, Well Employed, and a Paycheck Away From Disaster

‘It Was Like I’d Never Done It Before’: How Sally Rooney Wrote Again

David Grossman’s New Novel Is a Multigenerational Saga of Love and Loss

Stephen B. Oates, Civil War Historian, Dies at 85

New in Paperback: ‘A Knock at Midnight,’ ‘The Vapors’ and More

William Maxwell Found the Depth in Modest Places

When the Book Review Went Really Harsh

Donald Newlove, 93, Dies; Novelist Explored the Depths of Drink

Finding Your Own Way With Words, and Images

How a 12-year-old Billie Jean King decided to change the world

At a Chicago high school, helping refugee students navigate American life

How to see the world ‘with, through, and alongside’ Black artists

After breaking military barriers, Amy McGrath came to question the mission

Tesla’s wild ride, steered by Elon Musk

Stories Spanning Countries and Generations, by Jo Lloyd, Yoon Choi and Hilma Wolitzer

Before She Loved Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir Loved Zaza

Ezra Pound, Air Conditioning’s Effects on Global Warming and Other Letters to the Editor

11 New Books We Recommend This Week

New York’s Legendary Literary Hangouts

In ‘Real Estate,’ Deborah Levy contemplates the structures that define us

19 New Books Coming in September

Why Maggie Nelson Is Drawn to Certain Autobiographies

What Was on the Best-Seller List 20 Years Ago?

A 115-Year-Old War Veteran Looks Back at It All, With God as a Guide

Newly Published, From the World Trade Center to a Cheeto-Loving Crow

I did not spend my summer binge-watching TV. Here are the books I loved instead.

Washington Post paperback bestsellers

Roger Federer may be out with an injury, but he’s present — and forthcoming — in a new book

S.J. Perelman was a master of comedy. Nearly a century later, his work still delivers laughs.

How 2 Jewish Sisters Built a Cultural Oasis During World War II

These Books Remind Us Why Parenting Is a Verb

Are the Navy SEALs actually awful at their jobs?

A Human Cloning Error and Existential Questions Fuel This Science Fiction Romp

4 Children’s Books to Read This Week

A Triumphant Debut Novel on Black History and Coming of Age in the South

Chandler Baker’s ‘The Husbands’ is a smart spin on ‘The Stepford Wives’

Pat Barker’s ‘The Women of Troy’ continues her brilliant reassessment of the Trojan War