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Readers Have Thoughts About the ‘Best Books of the 21st Century’
They wanted to know where the poetry and the genre fiction were — and they also wanted to let us…
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Megan Abbott, Bonnie Garmus and More Writers on the Books They Love
Some of their favorites didn’t make our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list — but these authors make a…
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News
ChatGPT vs. Me: Who Will Write a Better Beach Read?
What makes a beach read a beach read? Is it an escapist subject matter? A frothy tone? Or is any…
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Book Club: Read ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ With the Book Review
In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller…
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Jury Near Boston Deadlocks in Murder Case Against Karen Read
The jurors said they were “deeply divided” over whether Ms. Read killed her boyfriend, a Boston police officer; prosecutors said…
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Gabrielle Zevin Loves Edith Wharton, but Not ‘Ethan Frome’
What books are on your night stand? This is a terribly personal question! As an author, I’ve brazenly talked about…
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‘A Calculating Killer or a Damsel in Distress?’: The Trial Transfixing Boston
Karen Read has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Officer John O’Keefe. But her lawyers say she’s innocent, alleging a…
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Books
The Essential Alice Munro
Before I’d read Alice Munro — when my knowledge of her amounted to an oafish word cloud (“older woman,” “Canadian,”…
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Magazine
A Party for the Haters
The writers behind Hate Reads, a pop-up newsletter for airing grievances and pet peeves, got up on their soap boxes.
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Robert Kagan Takes the Long View on Trumpism
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Midnight, at the kitchen table, with a bowl of cornflakes. How…