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Have You Listened to a Good Book Lately?

Reintroducing Jessica Mitford, the Activist With a ‘Concrete Upper Lip’

What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas.

The Heroine of ‘His Dark Materials’ Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Are We Headed for Apocalypse? This Book Says It’s a 1-in-3 Chance.

What’s Wrong With White People? A Story Collection Counts the Ways.

He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.

Mafalda, Argentina’s Very Opinionated Cartoon Heroine, is Coming to America

A Memoir of Divorce and Xenophobia, Narrated by a Clam

Wildfires, and an Unlikely Romance, Light Up a Lost Paradise

Stories That Show How Modern Liberals Have Lost Their Way

Swimming to a Mythical Island Called California

In His 80s, and Recalling All the Men He’s Loved Before

Remember Body Glitter and Chat Rooms? ‘Y2K’ Won’t Let You Forget.

The Secret Lives of Vikings

Nobody Is Coming to Save Us

How Did Lesbian Pulp Fiction Thrive in the 1950s and ’60s?

A Cabin-Porn Star Bares All

The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors

A Heady History of the Novel Embraces Works That Shock, Not Soothe