Books
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A Fitting — and Frightening — Homage to ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
A HAUNTING ON THE HILL, by Elizabeth Hand As Holly, the protagonist of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,”…
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Ferrante Before Ferrante
Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.
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The Deadly Red Tape of Israel’s Occupation in Palestine
In “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” Nathan Thrall untangles the political and personal story of a bus…
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Impeachments, #MeToo, Trump: Running The Washington Post During a Decade of Turmoil
“Collision of Power,” Martin Baron’s memoir of his tenure as the paper’s executive editor, is a gripping chronicle of politics…
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Two Books Explore the Lives of Witches
In Allyson Stone’s “Ashes and Stones” and Diana Helmuth’s “The Witching Year,” authors confront ancient stereotypes through modern eyes.
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What Can Literature Teach Us About Forgiveness?
“How I’m gon keep from killing him,” says Celie, the protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel “The Color…
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The Book That Made R.J. Palacio Cry on the Subway
What books are on your night stand? “We, the Drowned,” by Carsten Jensen; “The Betrothed,” by Alessandro Manzoni; “Utopia for…
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A Languid, Atmospheric Thriller Steeped in Postwar Melancholy
THE CONTINENTAL AFFAIR, by Christine Mangan “Where large sums of money are concerned,” Agatha Christie once wisely observed, “it is…
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6 Great Heart-Thumping, Brain-Bending Young Adult Mystery Novels
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the author of The Inheritance Games trilogy and other young adult novels, recommends some of her favorite…
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Want to Hear Michael Oher’s Version? Read His Books.
The former N.F.L. player and inspiration for “The Blind Side” just launched a legal battle with the family he once…