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NYT Books and Literature

The ‘Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20

From Oprah to romantasy, we look back at two decades of hit books and literary trends.

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NYT Books and Literature

The ‘Book Review’ Podcast Turns 20

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters,’ by Yevgenia Nayberg

Eleven-year-old Genya plays the pretending game as she crams for an art school entrance exam in Chernobyl’s wake.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters,’ by Yevgenia Nayberg

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Cave Mountain,’ by Benjamin Hale

Benjamin Hale’s book “Cave Mountain” connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Cave Mountain,’ by Benjamin Hale

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Aside From My Heart, All Is Well,’ by Héctor Abad

The worldly men of the cloth in Héctor Abad’s new novel find divinity both inside and outside the church.

2 days ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Aside From My Heart, All Is Well,’ by Héctor Abad

NYT Books and Literature

Interview: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ and Her Favorite Books

“When I love something, I urgently must put it in someone’s hands,” says the novelist, whose new “Last Night in Brooklyn” is an ode to old-style friendship.

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NYT Books and Literature

Interview: Xochitl Gonzalez on ‘Last Night in Brooklyn’ and Her Favorite Books