Books
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement
In his debut novel, “The New Life,” Tom Crewe reimagines the lives of two pioneers who studied, and supported, homosexuality…
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In the ‘Cozy Catastrophe’ Novel, the End of the World Is Not So Bad
Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in…
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What a 1985 Novel Can Tell Us About Life in the 2020s: Almost Everything
Noah Baumbach’s funny and very stylish film adaptation of “White Noise” is a great invitation to return to the source…
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10 New Books Coming in January
Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor The fates of three people in New Delhi converge in this high-octane new novel.…
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‘Terrorist’ — to Whom?
BROTHERLESS NIGHT, by V. V. Ganeshananthan The word “terrorist,” or some variation thereof, shows up six times on the opening…
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Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok
The pandemic hurt children’s reading skills. Librarians are doing what it takes to connect them with books — including dance…
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For Kashana Cauley, Doomsday Isn’t So Hypothetical
THE SURVIVALISTS, by Kashana Cauley Few demographics illustrate the global anxieties of our era better than New Yorkers, who make…
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This Diet App Sends a Goblin to Eviscerate Your Kitchen
Rachel Harrison’s feminist horror novels are some of the most original and entertaining out there, and her collection of stories,…
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Use Your Disillusion: A Philosopher Makes the Case
“In Praise of Failure,” by Costica Bradatan, examines a handful of thinkers who rejected worldly success in favor of struggle.