Everybody Is Talking About A.I. What the Heck Is It, Anyway?

A guide to the best books about artificial intelligence.

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A Return to the Fatherland in Search of a Missing Father

In Leo Vardiashvili’s first novel, “Hard by a Great Forest,” a young man begins a fraught quest in the country he once fled.

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Dorm Room Revelations as Microcosms of a Culture

In her second novel, “Come and Get It,” Kiley Reid uses chatty college students to make substantive statements about consumerism.

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A New Martha Graham Biography Is a Study in Grace and Balance

Deborah Jowitt’s “Errand Into the Maze” revels in the artistry of the dance legend, while downplaying the messy choices in her marathon career.

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2 Books That Wring Every Ounce From Their Story Lines

An editor recommends an Irish novel about a banker in trouble and a Swiss novel about schoolgirl obsession.

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Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist

In her second novel, “Good Material,” Dolly Alderton adds her own flair to the classic rom-com.

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What Do A.A., Burning Man and the Talmud Have in Common? This Guy.

In “Subculture Vulture,” the comedian Moshe Kasher explores the six wildly differing communities that made him who he is, for better or worse.

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Dan Jones Turned to Fiction After Dinner With George R.R. Martin

“You’ve got to know when you’re onto a good thing,” says the prolific historian, British TV personality and author of “Wolves of Winter,” the second novel in his Hundred Years’ War trilogy.

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Murder on a Private Greek Island

The setting of “The Fury,” the new novel by Alex Michaelides, is stunning. Its plot? Not so much.

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Who Says a Novel About Guns and Opioids Can’t Be Funny?

“Last Acts,” by Alexander Sammartino, is a satire of contemporary America set at a firearms shop in Phoenix.

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In Vietnam, Star-Crossed Lovers Brave the Tides of War

Andrew X. Pham’s first novel, “Twilight Territory,” imagines an unlikely romance during a nation’s fight for independence.

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91 Years in a Segregated Mental Institution

In “Madness,” the journalist Antonia Hylton explores the hidden history of Crownsville Hospital, and America’s continuing failure to care for Black minds.

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A Riveting Thriller Spun From Texts, Emails and WhatsApp Messages

“The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels,” a modern take on the epistolary novel, is hard to put down.

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Can You Find the 14 Best Sellers Hidden in This Text Puzzle?

The titles of more than a dozen popular books are concealed within a short fictional passage and are just waiting to be discovered.

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Volodymyr Zelensky’s Greatest Performance

In “The Showman,” the journalist Simon Shuster trails the entertainer-turned-wartime president as he rallies the world for support.

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6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels That Illuminate the Past and the Present

Sharon Cameron, the author of “Artifice” and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite Y.A. historical fiction.

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2 Books Found via Other Books

An editor recommends the literary version of nesting dolls.

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6 Paperbacks to Read This Week

Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Geraldine Brooks, Jefferson Cowie, Parini Shroff and more.

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Audiobook of the Week: Two Broadway Stars Look Back on ‘Summer, 1976’

Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht bring David Auburn’s nostalgic play about an unlikely friendship straight to your ears.

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José Saramago’s Childhood Memoir Inspires Companion Picture Books

The Nobel laureate’s “Small Memories” is a mix of peasant life, boyhood adventure and wide-eyed wonder.

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Janice Y.K. Lee Was Thrilled to Help Adapt Her Novel for Streaming

“That you could collaborate with others and go out for boba tea was quite revelatory,” says the author of “The Expatriates,” which Nicole Kidman has produced (and stars in) for Amazon this month.

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To Be a ‘Palatable Jew’ — in Germany in 1940, in the U.S. Today

Victor Klemperer considered himself a German above all else. His diaries of life in the Third Reich chronicle his painful awakening to violent antisemitism.

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Do You Recognize These Lines From Classic Young-Adult Novels?

Test your memory with this short quiz featuring popular and award-winning books.

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How a Young Woman From the Ozarks Wound Up an ISIS Wife in Syria

Jessica Roy’s “American Girls” traces the divergent fates of two sisters through a saga of poverty, misogyny, abuse and terrorism.

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Three Novels, Three Different Responses to Groupthink

In the midst of chaos, the characters in these books find their own ways to metabolize real-life tragedy.

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Can You Escape the Algorithm? ‘Filterworld’ Gives It a Try.

An experiment in digital disengagement prompts Kyle Chayka to consider how technology has narrowed our choices and dulled the culture.

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A Canadian Short Story Master Comes to the U.S.

The anthology “Burn Man” selects from decades of Mark Anthony Jarman’s work, bringing the writer’s lush and searing stories to new readers.

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2 Novels About What’s-Their-Name

Not all books tell readers what to call the main character. An editor recommends two that don’t.

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The Family Secrets Are Coming Out in This Queer Jewish Novel

In Temim Fruchter’s debut, “City of Laughter,” a grieving daughter dives into her ancestors’ hidden pasts to find closure and meaning in her own life.

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Audiobook of the Week: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Be Useful’

The audiobook might be less, well, useful than it is entertainingly honest, unfiltered and even bizarre.

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Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music

“Invisible Man” “made me feel seen and heard,” the rapper-actor says. “I can return the favor.” His new book, “And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self” is out this month.

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5 Novels About Plagiarism

With plagiarism in the news, here are five novels that show it's an engrossing plot device, too.

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How Well Do You Know Paris and Its Literary Landmarks?

This quick quiz tests your general knowledge of the great European city — and suggests five Paris-based novels for your reading list.

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Two Friends Reunite. One Has a Secret.

In “Goldenseal,” Maria Hummel takes readers into a hotel room, then unfurls her characters’ complicated history.

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In ‘Beautyland,’ an Awkward Alien Reports From Earth by Fax Machine

In Marie-Helene Bertino’s remarkable funny-sad novel, the young visitor and her mother find the means to persevere in the aisles of a cosmetics store.

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‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50

For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.

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A Fresh Look at Grief, Featuring an Ever-Present Sidekick

In “Poor Deer,” Claire Oshetsky explores the long shadow of a tragedy with devastating consequences.

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What Happens When a Woman Wronged Resorts to Violence?

In “The Furies,” the journalist Elizabeth Flock reports the stories of three women who fought back — to defend themselves, other women or their people.

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‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50

For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.

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8 New Books We Recommend This Week

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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Holly Jackson’s Maximization of Google Maps

In her “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” series and “Five Survive,” this British author makes herself at home on the East Coast.

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Jill McCorkle Is Getting Over Her ‘Henry James Phobia’

Finishing “The Portrait of a Lady” leaves the author of “Old Crimes,” a new story collection, “a little more confident.” Meanwhile, Rod Serling has a place on her shelves.

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In This Debut Novel, Power Plays and Contradictions Abound

True to the promise of its title, “The Storm We Made” kicks up a weather system of epic proportions, ranging from military terror during World War II to domestic warmth.

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Want to Feel, Intellectually, Like Someone Is Rotating Your Tires?

This bracing anthology of Christopher Hitchens’s work for The London Review of Books is just the ticket.

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