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Two Books About Grit and Grime

Plagiarist or Master? The Tortured Legacy of Yambo Ouologuem

‘Germany 1923’: When Democracy Held Nazism at Bay

The Black and White Southerners Who Changed the North

To Truly Understand the Climate Crisis, Ask the Animals

Jayne Anne Phillips Finds Anguish and Asylum in Civil War America

In Defense of Men? Caitlin Moran’s Answer Will Surprise You.

In Her Fiction, Ayana Mathis Refuses to Ignore Black History

Kerry Washington Goes Deep

Books About Elites That Elites Will Probably Enjoy

Kerry Washington Goes Deep

A Beach Read and a Book Purge

Otherworldly Horrors Envelop a Scripted Ghost-Hunting Reality TV Show

They Came, They Shaped, They Shredded

How a Gun Made for Combat Found Its Way Into Millions of Homes

Do Some Men Love Ancient Rome for the Wrong Reasons?

Workers’ Movements or Tantrums Against Technology?

Lawrence Wright Sees Books as ‘Creatures of Their Time’

Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Some Prefer Lab Coats.

6 Great Y.A. Books That Open Up Conversations About Teen Mental Health

The Story of a House and Its Occupants Over 3 Centuries

Enough About the Serial Killer. Let’s Talk About His Victims.

Can You Match These Novels to Their Settings in the Great Plains?

Jhumpa Lahiri and Me

‘The Box’ Is a Modernist Puzzle in the Vein of Kafka and Joyce

The Man Who Wrote Everything

Nathan Hill’s ‘Wellness’ Satirizes the Modern Condition — Kind Of

For America’s ‘Wild Girls,’ the Natural World Meant Freedom

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Novel for Our Precarious Times

Elon Musk and Naomi Klein Are Complicated

Dwelling in the Past, in the Literary Sense

Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Noncitizens

The Ins, Outs, Ups and Downs of One Woman’s 12-Year Amazon Career

Millie Bobby Brown Writes About a Real-Life Wartime Mystery

An Electric Novel About Space, a Poignant Story About Loss

In This Dark Fairy Tale, the Beauty Industry Is the Villain

Stephen King Explains Why He’s a Mystery Writer Not So Big on Mystery

Sarah Young, 77, Dies; Created an Empire Around a Christian Devotional

Books Recommended With Uncommon Wisdom and Tender Care

Edith Grossman, Who Elevated the Art of Translation, Dies at 87

New Novels Brimming With Murder, Jazz and Sumptuous Sweets

New Novels Brimming With Murder, Jazz and Sumptuous Sweets

Conjuring a 17th-Century Witch Hunt, With Echoes of Our Own Day

In Chile, a Quest for Truth Driven by Survivor’s Guilt