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How to revive love of books in 2026
NEW YORK — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce […]
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Film producer Jason Blum, author-bookseller Ann Patchett to receive PEN America awards
NEW YORK — Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum is now getting some recognition from the literary world. PEN America will honor him at its fundraising gala next spring with the Business Visionary award. PEN, the century-old […]
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Writer David Szalay wins prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with earthy novel ‘Flesh’
LONDON — Canadian Hungarian British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of one man’s life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in Britain, in which […]
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Raymond Chandler’s ‘Nightmare’ revealed in rarely seen sketch
NEW YORK — In his dreams, Raymond Chandler could conjure tales as unsettling as some of his greatest novels, as if haunted by the spirits of Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe. “Nightmare,” a brief and […]
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Book review: Literary mystery meets dystopian future in Ian McEwan’s ‘What We Can Know’
LONDON — When novelists look to the future, the view is often grim. There are a lot more fictional dystopias than utopias. Ian McEwan has good news and bad news about what lies ahead in […]
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Book Review: Daniel O’Malley’s ‘Royal Gambit’ finds magic in murder of royal family member
Author Daniel O’Malley returns to the world of his series he started with “The Rook” with “Royal Gambit,” an enjoyable and sometimes unwieldy novel about the supernatural operatives of a paranormal secret service investigating a […]
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Book Review: Jess Walter’s ‘So Far Gone’ sets redemption story in fractured, modern America
When the history of the United States in 2025 is written, perhaps one of the best things that will be said is: “Well, it made for some great art.” Consider “So Far Gone,” the new […]
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Book Review: ‘Sour Cherry’ shows author’s stunning talent for modern fairy tales
The modern fairy tale is a tricky thing, what with phones and cities and all the trappings of now that tend to suck the magic out of a story and make it impossible to suspend […]
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Book Review: Claire Anderson-Wheeler pays homage with mystery ‘The Gatsby Gambit’
It takes more than a little verve to write a story based on the iconic characters created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in perhaps the 20th century’s most famous American novel, but Claire Anderson-Wheeler has done […]
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Book Review: Hannah Deitch delivers twisty thrills with debut novel, ‘Killer Potential’
When bestselling psychological thriller writer Paula Hawkins (“The Girl on the Train,” 2015) stamps the cover of your debut novel with “A Thelma & Louise for our times,” your career is off to a fast […]