Books
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In a Novelist’s Hands, a Herstory of England Is Delicious — but Not Sweet
In “Normal Women,” Philippa Gregory gives us nine centuries of real-life heroines, murderers, boxers and brides.
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The War Orphan and the Warmongering Alien
New books by Seth Dickinson, Heather Fawcett and Ray Nayler.
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The Authorities Don’t Need A.I. When Your Neighbors Will Narc on You
In “Means of Control” and “The Sentinel State,” modern governments wield high-tech snooping gear while relying on old methods of…
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High-Stakes Capers Starring Low-Wage Workers
HELP WANTED, by Adelle Waldman GREEN DOT, by Madeleine Gray The modern workplace contains and fuels so much of our…
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He Rescued 1.5 Million Yiddish Books. Now He Will Have Time to Read Some.
Aaron Lansky was a young graduate student in Montreal in the late 1970s when he had an epiphany that changed…
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Some of the Best Bards Were Women
In “Shakespeare’s Sisters,” the Renaissance scholar Ramie Targoff presents an astounding group of Elizabethan women of letters.
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Tommy Orange’s ‘There There’ Sequel Is a Towering Achievement
“Wandering Stars” considers the fallout of colonization and the forced assimilation of Native Americans.
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Three Riveting, Slow-Burn New Thrillers
This month’s thrillers pose intriguing questions. Can one seemingly unimportant decision change everything? What would happen if people could siphon…
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This Book Is Baffling, Debauched and Perfectly Human
Vladimir Sorokin’s novel “Blue Lard” features a world largely bereft of love or moral concern, but it reminds us of…
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Kara Swisher Is Not Here to Make Friends in Her New Memoir
In “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story,” the pioneering journalist recounts a life in, and of, Silicon Valley.