Fill in the Blank: Which U.S. Cities Are in These Book Titles?

Try this short literary geography quiz.

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The Brash, Working-Class Londoner Who Redefined New York’s Restaurants

Keith McNally tracks his staggering successes — and failures — in his new memoir, “I Regret Almost Everything.”

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2 Books for Cluttered Minds

A spare elegy; a weird journey.

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7 New Books We Recommend This Week

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

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The Best Forced Proximity Romance Novels

The romance author Beth O’Leary recommends books that show off the trope at its best — playful, knowing, original and deliciously satisfying.

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2 Memoirs by Rock ’n’ Roll Muses Who Were So Much More

Marianne Faithfull was a star in her own right; Peggy Caserta was a hippie tastemaker. Their memoirs are riveting.

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A Personal Ad Saved His Father From the Nazis. That Was Just the Start.

In “I Seek a Kind Person,” Julian Borger tells the riveting story of seven children who escaped wartime Austria thanks to a British newspaper.

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‘The Great Gatsby’ Is 100, and as Fresh as Ever

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece has left an enduring mark on American culture.

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Grace Lin’s Long-Awaited New Fantasy Novel Stars Her First Animal Protagonist

A mythical lion cub stuck in the modern world must harness the power of stories to save his family and return home.

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Is He a Stranger, Her Son, Her Lover or All Three?

Katie Kitamura’s thrilling new novel, “Audition,” examines the performances we put on for others — and exposes the shams that underpin them.

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Wordplay, Weirdness and a Guest Appearance by Clint Eastwood

“Thrilled to Death” collects many of Lynne Tillman’s spiky short stories, where dreams tell the truth and glamour mingles with the mundane.

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