Why Jackson Pollock Owed Everything to Claude Monet

A new biography of the French Impressionist argues that Monet himself owed everything to the three most important women in his life.

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Janice Hallett Spins Murder Mysteries Out of Emails, Memos and Texts

After years of this-and-that jobs, Hallet began to write a novel: “What do I have to lose?” Now a widely celebrated voice in crime fiction, she just launched her fourth book, “The Examiner.”

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What if Jurors Could See Life Through the Defendants’ Eyes?

Jesse Ball’s Kafkaesque novel imagines a legal system that deploys a shockingly personal device.

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New State Laws Are Fueling a Surge in Book Bans

Two reports from advocacy groups show that book banning continues at higher rates than before the pandemic. Newly implemented state laws are impacting the numbers this year.

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First He Spoke for the Trees; Now He Speaks for the Sea

The wonders of the ocean and the terrors of A.I. meet in a Richard Powers’s new novel, which considers the future of an environmentally challenged Polynesian island.

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What Happened When an Ohio Megachurch Decided to Tackle Racism

In “Undivided,” the political scientist Hahrie Han follows members of a mostly white congregation that resolved to fight bias and promote racial justice.

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This Family Is Miserable. You Should Meet Them Anyway.

The domestic drama runs high in “A Reason to See You Again,” Jami Attenberg’s latest novel.

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Gillian Anderson Never Got Bored Reading Other Women’s Sexual Fantasies

Her own is among the anonymous tales included in “Want,” a new collection she has edited: “It only felt right, given I was requesting courage from everyone else.”

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Beautiful Drawings of Bodies in Crisis Fill September’s Graphic Novels

An exciting book with no words, a murder mystery, an author mocking their own pain and a poetic masterpiece highlight this month’s offerings.

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Connie Chung Signed Off, but She Isn’t Done Talking

In a frank and entertaining new memoir, the TV newscaster recounts how sexism, and Dan Rather, sidelined her groundbreaking career.

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Liane Moriarty Has Sold 20 Million Books. She Would Rather Not Talk About It.

The author of “Big Little Lies” and several other best-sellers has a new novel, “Here One Moment.” Promoting it — doing any publicity — remains a challenge, she said.

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An Unlikely Pair’s Difficult Pilgrimage From Rural Alabama to the White House

In Jamie Quatro’s Southern Gothic novel “Two-Step Devil,” a dying “Prophet” and a former sex-trafficking victim make the same journey for two very different reasons.

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In Liane Moriarty’s Bustling New Novel, Fate Takes Flight

There are stakes on the plane in “Here One Moment,” the latest from the Australian fiction powerhouse.

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In ‘Still Life,’ a Trans Woman’s Homecoming Is Shaped by Grief

In Katherine Packert Burke’s debut novel, a woman is haunted by change while grappling with the death of a friend.

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Do You Know These Sports Books That Became Movies?

Try this short quiz about screen adaptations and the source material that inspired them.

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2 Books Celebrating Happy Marriages

Elizabeth Alexander and John Bayley loved their partners to the end.

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The Black List Helped Reshape Hollywood. Can It Change Publishing?

Almost 20 years after Franklin Leonard created the Black List, which has helped little-known screenwriters break into Hollywood, it is expanding into fiction.

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Matt Haig’s New Novel Is a Love Letter Filled With Magic

In “The Life Impossible,” a 72-year-old widow tries to figure out what happened to a friend who disappeared in Ibiza.

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A Smart, Sinuous Espionage Thriller Brimming With Heat

Already longlisted for the Booker Prize, Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” — set in rural France — stars a ruthless American secret agent.

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22 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall

Essays by Ta-Nehisi Coates; memoirs by Alexei Navalny, Ina Garten and Cher; and dispatches from the mind of a Nobel laureate are among this season’s most anticipated offerings.

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24 Works of Fiction and Poetry to Read This Fall

Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers, and revisit familiar worlds from Karl Ove Knausgaard, Haruki Murakami and Jeff VanderMeer.

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