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NYT Books and Literature

What the ‘Shy Girl’ Mess Says About the Future of Fiction

As more A.I. generated writing is unleashed on the world, more readers will question who — or what — has penned their favorite works.

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NYT Books and Literature

What the ‘Shy Girl’ Mess Says About the Future of Fiction

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Insatiable Machine,’ by Trevor Jackson

A new history by Trevor Jackson argues that the economic system that transformed global living standards depends on endless growth impossible to sustain.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Insatiable Machine,’ by Trevor Jackson

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘How Flowers Made Our World,’ by David George Haskell

In “How Flowers Made Our World,” David George Haskell makes a case for their soft power.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘How Flowers Made Our World,’ by David George Haskell

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Universal Baseball Association,’ by Robert Coover

Just in time for Opening Day, Robert Coover’s prescient 1968 baseball novel is back in print.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Universal Baseball Association,’ by Robert Coover

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Book Review: ‘American Men,’ by Jordan Ritter Conn; ‘Who Needs Friends,’ by Andrew McCarthy

“American Men,” by Jordan Ritter Conn, and “Who Needs Friends,” by Andrew McCarthy, report from the front lines of the epidemic of male loneliness.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘American Men,’ by Jordan Ritter Conn; ‘Who Needs Friends,’ by Andrew McCarthy

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Treacherous Secret Agent,’ by Marjorie Garber

In a new book, the Harvard scholar Marjorie Garber suggests how Americans targeted during the Red Scare used literature to confound their interrogators.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘A Treacherous Secret Agent,’ by Marjorie Garber