‘James,’ ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the Triumph of Literary Fan Fiction
How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.
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How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.
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In “The Rulebreaker,” Susan Page pays tribute to a pioneering journalist who survived being both a punchline and an icon.
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Prison, pregnancies and other operatic turns propel Caroline Leavitt’s latest book, “Days of Wonder.”
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Two hundred years after his death, this Romantic poet is still worth reading.
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A Sugary Bonbon of a Novel From a Legendary Foodie
In “The Paris Novel,” Ruth Reichl is a glutton for wish fulfillment.
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17 Works of Nonfiction Coming This Spring
Memoirs from Brittney Griner and Salman Rushdie, a look at pioneering Black ballerinas, a new historical account from Erik Larson — and plenty more.
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27 Works of Fiction Coming This Spring
Stories by Amor Towles, a sequel to Colm Toibin’s “Brooklyn,” a new thriller by Tana French and more.
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Best-Seller Lists: April 28, 2024
All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.
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Anne Lamott Has Written Classics. This Is Not One of Them.
Slim and precious, “Somehow: Thoughts on Love” doesn’t measure up to her best nonfiction.
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Long Before Trump, Immigrant Detention Was Arbitrary and Cruel
“In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.
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Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir
“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.
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For Caleb Carr, Salvation Arrived on Little Cat’s Feet
As he struggled with writing and illness, the “Alienist” author found comfort in the feline companions he recalls in a new memoir, “My Beloved Monster.”
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Savages! Innocents! Sages! What Do We Really Know About Early Humans?
In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell us more about us than them.
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The event had been set for April 29, but weeks of escalating criticism of the organization’s response to the war had led nearly half of the prize nominees to withdraw.
By Jennifer Schuessler
Try this short quiz to test your knowledge of books and their memorable movie adaptations.
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The editor and essayist Joseph Epstein looks back on his life and career in two new books.
By Dwight Garner
Creators will spotlight Blondie in the comic strip, as she brings someone on board for her catering business.
By George Gene Gustines
Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?
By Alexis Soloski
Justin Taylor’s novel “Reboot” examines the convergence of entertainment, online arcana and conspiracy theory.
By Joshua Ferris
A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.
In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.
By Natasha Wheatley
Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.
By Jonathan Kandell
Selected paperbacks from the Book Review, including titles by Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Kolbert, Tyriek White and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
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