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Books and Literature
In “Rabbit, Fox, Tar,” a white neighborhood’s local election is complicated when a mysterious, dark-skinned woman suddenly appears in town.
May 31, 2026
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Our critic on four terrific new mysteries.
May 31, 2026
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In Sonia Feldman’s novel, “Girl’s Girl,” the delicate balance of a Gen Z friend group is unsettled over one Ohio summer.
May 31, 2026
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In her book “Sublimation,” Isabel J. Kim reimagines the dilemmas of immigration through a science fiction story about scheming clones.
May 30, 2026
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Lerner’s new novel is a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.
May 29, 2026
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In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss a novel about a tradwife who wakes up in 1855, living the pioneer life she has been performing online.
May 29, 2026
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Meg Wolitzer and Charlie Panek’s “Found Sound” and Aida Salazar’s “Stream” send their protagonists on a listening (and healing) tour of real life.
May 29, 2026
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Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
May 28, 2026
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“I love a clever puppet master,” says the author of the Divergent series and the new “Seek the Traitor’s Son.” Her favorite hero? Antigone.
May 28, 2026
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Memoirs, histories, true crime, investigations and much more.
May 28, 2026
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New fiction from Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and much more.
May 28, 2026
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A new book by Antonia Senior chronicles the careers of five men who betrayed their country — with devastating results.
May 27, 2026
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