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The Jackal, the Fox and Auld Lang Syne

For Kashana Cauley, Doomsday Isn’t So Hypothetical

What a 1985 Novel Can Tell Us About Life in the 2020s: Almost Everything

6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week

Rick Rubin Wants You to Read Sherlock Holmes Before You’re 21

Does Best-Selling Advice Stand the Test of Time?

Newly Published Visual Books, From Laurie Lipton to Plant Magic

Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’

A Documentarian Travels the World Asking: ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’

For An Yu, the Living Are More Adrift Than the Ghosts

The Most Sought After Manuscript in Publishing? The Jan. 6 Report.

The Power of a Good Narrative, in Your Ear or Otherwise

What Inspires a Poet to Write a Novel? Ask Kathleen Glasgow.

The Dinner Party Writers Dream Of

Read Your Way Through Edinburgh

The Sound of Sonny

Cormac McCarthy Loves a Good Diner

For Jan Morris, Staying in One Place Was Never an Option

The Library of Things, the Inconstant Gardener and How We Lived Then

A Belarusian Writer Who Calls for Poems Made of Barbed Wire

A Biracial Family Risks Persecution in 1920s Cape Town

Courtly Love Can Be Deadly

Newly Published, From Feminist Resistance to Ancient Empire

A Manual for Ear-Cleaning Women

A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’

6 Unforgettable Y.A. Thrillers to Add to Your Reading List

A Family Drama, Taiwan History and Murder Case, Rolled Into One

That’s Entertainment! Here’s a Dishy History of Hollywood.

11 New Books We Recommend This Week

When It Comes to Picture Books, Santa Sells

Tell Us: What Book Was Your Favorite Read of 2022?

The Best True Crime of 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

‘Butts: A Backstory’ Tells Us to Take Them Seriously

The Common Denominator for Mothers? Guilt.

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022

The Best Romance Novels of 2022

With Bora Chung as Our Guide, We Walk Ourselves Into the Trap

A Queer Coming-of-Age in Corona, Queens

From the Mundane to the Divinely Gross, Anything Goes in This Novel

A Punk Rocker Searches for His Bass and the Friend Who Stole It