Books
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AI companies are destroying rare booksUnder The Radar Spines are being sliced and copyright is being threatened in the rush to feed large language models
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Isaac Butler’s 6 favorite booksFeature The author and critic recommends works by James Baldwin, Erica Jong, and Cynthia Carr
By The Week US Published
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Book reviews: ‘Cool Machine: A Novel’ and ‘The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal’Feature Colson Whitehead completes his Harlem Trilogy and a look at the persecution of a Jewish family in France
By The Week US Published
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Rachel Cusk’s best booksThe Week Recommends The controversial writer’s top memoirs, novels and essays
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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August’s books include an epic journey for a dog, a friendship tale and a Korean coming-of-age storyThe Week Recommends These hot releases are worth the wait
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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Kimberly McCreight’s 6 favorite escapist booksFeature The best-selling author recommends works by Jon Krakauer, Cheryl Strayed and Taylor Jenkins Reid
By The Week US Published
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Book reviews: ‘On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction’ and ‘You Won’t Get Free of It’Feature The real story behind reproduction and a collection of essays focusing on mothers and daughters
By The Week US Published
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Julia Samuel shares books that changed how she understands griefThe Week Recommends The psychotherapist shares works by Joan Didion, Kathryn Mannix and Mary-Frances O’Connor
By The Week UK Published
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A Sudden Flicker of Light: a ‘rhapsodic celebration’ of cinemaThe Week Recommends David Thomson’s history of the movies from ‘Psycho’ to ‘Pretty Woman’
By The Week UK Published
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Fun, absorbing children’s books for summerThe Week Recommends These gripping reads will keep kids entertained over the school holidays
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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10 of the best coffee table books for travelersThe Week Recommends Explore the world from the comfort of home
By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published
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Life of M and the thorny debate over fictionalising real peopleIn the Spotlight Rumours are swirling that a character in Rachel Cusk’s new novel is based on Natalie Portman
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Literacy: Is America done with reading?Feature Less Americans read for pleasure than ever before, but those who do are reading more
By The Week US Published
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The Family Man: a ‘meticulous’ retelling of the case that ‘gripped America’The Week Recommends James Lasdun’s carefully researched book is ‘elegant and intelligent’
By The Week UK Published
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