‘The English Understand Wool’ is a little gift to Helen DeWitt fans September 19, 2022 and she pulls off her trick here through marvelous specificity of voice and a plot that hums like German machinery. Books DeWitt is a master of the witty fable Washington Post +
Jenny Xie Explores the Subversive Power of the Concealed and the Overlooked September 19, 2022 Books and Literature Chinese-Americans Cultural Revolution NYT NYTimes Photography Poetry and Poets +
Advocacy Groups Are Helping Drive a Rise in Book Bans September 19, 2022 Books and Literature Censorship Freedom of Speech and Expression Libraries and Librarians NYT NYTimes +
The Thursday Murder Club is back in action and as entertaining as ever September 16, 2022 Books Richard Osman's "The Bullet that Missed" reconvenes his septuagenarian crime fighters. Washington Post +
The queen of their dreams September 16, 2022 Books Many books have been written about Queen Elizabeth II. One of them explored how she frequently appeared to her subjects in their sleep. Washington Post +
In the 1990s, the GOP got a hard push to the right September 16, 2022 Books Newt Gingrich Nicole Hemmer argues. Pat Buchanan Rush Limbaugh and other figures extolled Ronald Reagan but led the Republican Party away from his principles Washington Post +
Washington Post hardcover bestsellers September 14, 2022 A snapshot of popular books. Books Washington Post +
Javier Marías, celebrated Spanish author, dies at 70 September 13, 2022 Books espionage and moral quandaries. His books sold nearly 9 million copies around the world with intricate and multilayered plots of crime Washington Post +
Rasheed Newson’s debut is entertainment with a side of education September 10, 2022 "My Government Means to Kill Me" follows a gay Black activist in 1980s New York. Books Washington Post +
Strong Women, Madwomen, Mob Women September 10, 2022 Books and Literature internal-sub-only-nl NYT NYTimes +