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The Buried Book That Helped Ukraine’s Literary Revival
After Russian forces took control of his village in 2022, Volodymyr Vakulenko, a well-known Ukrainian author, sensed he might soon…
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Books
Readers Have Thoughts About the ‘Best Books of the 21st Century’
They wanted to know where the poetry and the genre fiction were — and they also wanted to let us…
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Books
3 Critics + 100 Books = Something to Argue About
The good news: Our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list showed surprising affection for works in translation. But where…
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Books
It Took 22 Years for Kevin Barry to Unlock His First U.S.-Set Novel
What books are on your night stand? I’m neck-deep in Willy Vlautin’s new novel, “The Horse,” and it’s just as…
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Books
Book Club: Read ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ With the Book Review
In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller…
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World
What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past
Looking for answers, or an escape, in a fraught world.
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Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok
Emily Henry has never been on a book tour or done a traditional bookstore reading. She’s not on TikTok. Her…
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Arts
How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
Richard Hatch was searching the card catalog of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, hunting for intriguing titles under the…
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Books
A Proud Texan Reckons With Her State’s Complicated Past
In her new book, Jessica Goudeau confronts a history of racism and violence in Texas through an investigation of her…
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Books
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,…