Books

scary stuff

U.K. investigates threats against J.K. Rowling over Rushdie support

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Megan Giddings' 6 favorite magical books

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requiescat in pace

Historian David McCullough dead at 89

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Kevin Nguyen's 6 favorite books sure to make you laugh

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'The noble capital of Vienna'

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Meg Gardiner's 6 favorite crime fiction books

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Ingrid Rojas Contreras' 6 favorite memoirs with uncanny themes

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Mecca Jamilah Sullivan's 6 favorite coming-of-age books

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Patrick Radden Keefe's 6 favorite books about true crime

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Chris Pavone's 6 favorite books you won't be able to put down

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Geraldine Brooks' 6 favorite books for those who love horses

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Sloane Crosley's 6 favorite books set in New York City

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Jacey Duprie

The Devil Wears Prada lives on

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Therese Anne Fowler's 6 favorite books filled with family drama

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Samuel Goldman

Has the novel simply gotten boring?

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Nury Turkel

'That's the one, that's where we were locked up'

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Mai Al-Nakib recommends 6 books

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Rhoda Feng

A memoir's magnificent dance

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Kate Swenson

The strange relief of learning my son has autism

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Jeva Lange

Yes means yes, but it doesn't mean good sex

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NoViolet Bulawayo's 6 favorite books

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Sheila Heti recommends 6 books about the power of sex

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Danya Kukafka recommends 6 mind-bending books

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Heather Havrilesky recommends 6 memorable books

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Maeve Higgins recommends 6 funny books

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Michael Arceneaux

Book banning is back, and it's targeting Black folks

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Jessamine Chan recommends 6 books about motherhood

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Ryan Cooper

Our economy is a group project

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James Harbeck

The 'book words' that may misle you

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Jeva Lange

9 books to read in 2022

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Ilya Somin

The case for empowering Americans to vote with their feet

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James Harbeck

A 'fiction novel' isn't a thing — is it?

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Emerald Fennell recommends 6 promising books

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6 book recommendations from Shea Ernshaw

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Neal Stephenson recommends 6 books on information manipulation