Books
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What We Think About When We Think About Joni Mitchell
In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life,…
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It Was Supposed to Be a Fun Night Out. It Led to a Criminal Underworld.
In Akwaeke Emezi’s latest novel, “Little Rot,” two exes trying to recover after a breakup inadvertently stumble into a dark,…
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A Memoir of Hot Sex, Hot Chocolate and Freedom — Not in That Order
In “I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself,” Glynnis MacNicol ignores the pearl-clutchers and does just that.
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Life, Death and Life After Death in June’s Graphic Novels
Justice, feminism, freedom and cheap horror thrills make for an exciting month of reading.
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33 Novels Coming This Summer
Watch for new books by J. Courtney Sullivan, Kevin Barry and Casey McQuiston; re-immerse yourself in beloved worlds conjured by…
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19 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer
Memoirs from Anthony Fauci and Anna Marie Tendler, a reappraisal of Harriet Tubman, a history of reality TV from Emily…
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Millions of Americans Watched ‘The Apprentice.’ Now We Are Living It.
APPRENTICE IN WONDERLAND: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass, by Ramin Setoodeh In 2004,…
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A Picture Book Paean to the Golden Age of LPs
Kids don’t need to know what zydeco is, or that Mandy and the Meerkats are a nod to Diana Ross…
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Sex, Money and Séances: This 1922 Murder Had It All
A scion of wealth claimed self-defense and invoked a sinister blackmailing ring. But, James Polchin asks, what did they have…
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R.O. Kwon: ‘I Want More of People’s Bodies, Especially in Fiction’
What books are on your night stand? If a big earthquake hits San Francisco, the pile on my night stand…