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Book Review: ‘What Came West,’ by Josh Weil
Josh Weil’s new novel follows an autistic trapper on an odyssey during the California gold rush.
Book Review: ‘Stolen Revolution,’ by Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
In a quietly devastating new book, two journalists chart the protest movements fighting for change inside the country.
Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Set in the decades after the Great Hunger, “Land” is a rich portrait of family life amid Ireland’s long struggle against British rule.
Book Review: ‘The Fire Agent,’ by David Baerwald
“The Fire Agent,” by David Baerwald, is a historical novel that spans two continents and world wars.
28 New Books to Read in June: Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Daniel Kraus and More
Novels by Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell and Dave Eggers; memoirs by Jill Biden and Laverne Cox; sci-fi adventures by a Pulitzer Prize winner; and more.
Book Review: ‘1873,’ by Liaquat Ahamed
In “1873,” the historian and financier Liaquat Ahamed traces the political consequences of booming markets that left a lot of people behind.
How to Make Americans Read Again
The reading crisis is real, but the solution does not require new inventions.
Book Review: ‘The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom’
A collection of Harold Bloom’s letters details the working life of one of America’s most influential intellects.
Joana Avillez Revisits Her Waterfront Childhood
Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,” which captures the salty New York neighborhood of her youth.
Book Review: ‘Whistler,’ by Ann Patchett
In “Whistler,” a surprise encounter at the Met changes the course of their lives.
Books and Literature
Book Review: ‘Rabbit, Fox, Tar,’ by P.C. Verrone
In “Rabbit, Fox, Tar,” a white neighborhood’s local election is complicated when a mysterious, dark-skinned woman suddenly appears in town.