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En Route to the Best-Seller List, Oprah Was His Co-Pilot
By Elisabeth Egan SUPER SOUL What’s it like to write a book with Oprah Winfrey? Is she the kind of
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The French Count Who Turned His Home Into a Museum to Honor His Dead Son
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Maurice Samuels LETTERS TO
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Trying to Imagine Post-Pandemic Life? Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison Can Help
By Michelle Orange A lesser mystery of the pandemic: how to square the rise in total book sales (roughly 10
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New & Noteworthy, From the Brat Pack to a Math Biography
Recent titles of interest: BRAT: An ’80s Story, by Andrew McCarthy. (Grand Central, $28.) The actor and writer, who rose
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15 New Books to Watch For in May
‘Freedom,’ by Sebastian Junger (Simon & Schuster, May 18) In his past work, Junger has focused on the experience of
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Louis Menand Examines the Churn of American Culture After World War II
THE FREE WORLD Art and Thought in the Cold WarBy Louis Menand Historians who write about the early Cold War
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A London Teeming With Bodies, Buildings, Desire and Greed
HOT STEWBy Fiona Mozley Two pages into “Hot Stew,” the second novel by Fiona Mozley, following “Elmet,” which was shortlisted
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When Harry Met Harry
HOUDINI AND MEBy Dan Gutman The best magicians are a little like the best priests, or novelists. They may be
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Celebrating 15 Years of the Podcast
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen We’ve been in celebration mode all week as the
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