In Gabrielle Zevin’s novel, two video game designers chase love IRL

"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow," by Gabrielle Zevin, is a novel about video game makers who came of age with Donkey Kong and fell in love.

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‘Invisible Things’ is a science fiction novel with an eye on the now

Mat Johnson’s latest book delivers a biting satire of American politics and class issues — from the vantage point of outer space. 

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Washington Post hardcover bestsellers

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A Medieval Dramedy Sheathed in Magic, and the Absurd

"Lapvona," Ottessa Moshfegh's fifth novel, is set in a corrupt fiefdom plagued by drought, famine, and, well, plague.

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Building Back Better — One Community at a Time

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The Life of Jean Rhys, a Uniquely Brilliant and Thorny Writer

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6 works of historical fiction highlight resilience amid war

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Sisters Divided by China’s Divisions

"Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden," by Zhuqing Li, tells the story of a family torn apart by the Communist victory in China.

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Nutcrackers, Sadism and Accounting

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New books delve into Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year evolution

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New in Paperback: Dana Spiotta and Juan Gonzalez

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10 New Books We Recommend This Week

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James Joyce is on my summer reread list. Also, Colette.

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Newly Published, From Teenage D.J.s to the Pope

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James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’

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‘Gone Girl,’ a decade later: How does it read?

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What About the Men?

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Abortion Politics, Money and the Reshaping of the G.O.P.

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John Merriman, Eminent Historian of France, Is Dead at 75

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The Very Human Pleasure of Being Read To

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Two Men of the Jungle Meet in Herzog’s First Novel

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When a Night on the Town Means Drinking, Dancing and Death

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It’s Not Just the Story of Drag in Brooklyn, It’s the Story of America

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Spring Awakening

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New in Paperback: ‘Sexual Justice’ and ‘Last Call’

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Misdirection, Fake News and Lies: The Best Books to Read on Disinformation

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Sloane Crosley’s ‘Cult Classic’ takes aim at start-up culture

Sloane Crosley dedicates her second novel, an unromantic comedy satirizing startup culture, modern dating, city-dwelling aesthetes, and other millennial woes, to "the men."

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A Daughter, Her Father and the Long-Gone Poet Who Brought Them Together

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Once a Literary Snob, Chris Pavone Learned From the Experts

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The Problem With Surviving? The Next 30 Years. In Florida.

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‘Raising Raffi,’ a Father’s Lucid Book About a Chaotic Scene

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From Iceland, a Nobel winner’s rediscovered masterpiece

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James Patterson shares his formula for success. It’s pretty simple.

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Andrew Holleran’s Work Has Traced the Arc of Life. Now, He Takes on Death.

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Oxford Quartet: The Women Who Took On the Philosophical Establishment

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In Small-Town Maine, Things Are More Sinister Than They Seem

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An Engaged Woman Sees the Ghosts of Relationships Past

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A Memoir of Friendship and Death in a Vacation Idyll

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Her Husband Is Kidnapped. Then Things Start to Go Downhill.

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Concussed, Kidnapped, Cursed: Women on the Run

The protagonists of three new novels flee disasters both natural and man-made.

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