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Adultery Gets Weird in Miranda July’s New Novel
An anxious artist’s road trip stops short for a torrid affair at a tired motel. In “All Fours,” the desire for change is familiar. How to satisfy it isn’t.
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Her Sister Is Dead but Life, and Libido, Carry On
In Kimberly King Parsons’s witty, profane novel, “We Were the Universe,” a young mother seeks to salve a profound loss.
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When Anarchists Were Public Enemy Number One
An entertaining new history by Steven Johnson explores an explosive moment when terror and nascent surveillance collided.
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She Taught Generations How to Wield a Wok and a Cleaver
As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.”
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Flipping Off the Patriarchy, Three Chords at a Time
In her intimate memoir, “Rebel Girl,” the punk-rock heroine Kathleen Hanna recalls a life of trauma, triumph and riot grrrl rebellion.
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Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,228. Explore the best fiction and nonfiction from 2000 - 2023 chosen by our editors.
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The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the liberal political framework laid out by John Rawls in the 1970s.
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Hari Kunzru examines the ties between art and wealth in a new novel, “Blue Ruin.”
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Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled technology drives us crazier.
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“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind.
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The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is such a thing as publishing too soon.
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On Mother’s Day, Here Are 2 Novels That Get Babies Right
Barbara Kingsolver’s debut, and a bad seed’s beginnings.
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Jessica Shattuck’s “Last House” dips into the cultural intrigues of 20th-century America, but keeps its nose surprisingly clean.
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FictionA Loving Daughter, Obsessed With Her Parents’ Misery, Seeks Its Roots
Inspired by her own family’s past, Claire Messud’s “This Strange Eventful History” unfolds over seven decades and two wars.
By Joan Silber
David Shapiro, Who Gained Fame in Poetry and Protest, Dies at 77
A renowned member of the New York School of poets, he also found accidental notoriety when he was photographed during the 1968 uprising at Columbia University.
By Alex Williams
Talking to Leigh Bardugo, Fantasy Superstar
The best-selling author of dark fantasy novels for Y.A. and adult audiences discusses her career and her stand-alone new historical fantasy, “The Familiar.”
Book Club: Discuss ‘James,’ by Percival Everett, With Us
For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
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Paperback Row6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Jenny Erpenbeck, Julia Lee, Simon Winchester and more.
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Book Bans Are Surging in Florida. So Lauren Groff Opened a Bookstore.
It’s called The Lynx, after the wildcat native to the state. “We wanted something a little fierce,” she said.
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A new book from the legendary lensman Corky Lee captures both struggle and celebration across several decades of Asian American life.
By Wilson Wong
Second LifeHow a Novelist Became a Pop Star
In fiction, Ali Sethi wrote about being queer in Pakistan. Now he’s singing his story.
By Emily Lordi and Philip Cheung
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