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Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life Mariana Enriquez’s childhood was marked by the dark absurdity of authoritarianism. Under the military dictatorship that ran Argentina from 1976 to 1983, a latent fear permeated…
Review: ‘An Assassin in Utopia,’ by Susan Wels Susan Wels’s “An Assassin in Utopia” links President Garfield’s killer to the atmosphere of free love and religious fervor that gripped Oneida, N.Y., in the late 1800s. AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA: The…
Book Review: ‘Essex Dogs,’ by Dan Jones “Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king. ESSEX DOGS, by…
Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in the country, and who could access books. His…
Review: ‘Maame,’ by Jessica George MAAME, by Jessica George You can get a sense of Maddie Wright’s life from her Google searches, which pop up at regular intervals throughout Jessica George’s sparkling debut novel, “Maame.” Here are a few windows…
Book Review: ‘Hell Bent,’ by Leigh Bardugo In “Hell Bent,” Leigh Bardugo continues the fantastical journey she began in “Ninth House.” HELL BENT, by Leigh Bardugo Searching for a portal to the underworld at Yale University, the magically inclined characters…
Book Review: ‘Reckoning,’ by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Writing now as V, the creator of “The Vagina Monologues” tackles racism, colonialism and sexual violence in a raw and free-associative collection. RECKONING, by V (formerly Eve Ensler) Way before #MeToo —…
Madeline McIntosh, C.E.O. of Penguin Random House, Resigns The departure of Madeline McIntosh, who has led the country’s largest book publisher since 2018, is the latest shake-up for the company during a turbulent period. Madeline McIntosh, one of the most…
Her Culture Was Suppressed for Centuries. Now It Powers Her Best Seller. Ann-Helén Laestadius grew up among the Sámi, an Indigenous people living near the Arctic Circle, in Europe. Her novel, “Stolen,” a success in her native Sweden, reflects that…
Review: ‘The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America,’ by Philip Bump With “The Aftermath,” Philip Bump marshals a sea of statistics to debunk myths about that big, self-involved and endlessly discussed…
Book Review: ‘Love, Pamela,’ by Pamela Anderson LOVE, PAMELA, by Pamela Anderson By now the story of Pamela Anderson, “Baywatch” babe turned rock wife and erstwhile celebrity sex-tape star, has become familiar. It unfolded in public and has been rehashed…
Book Review: ‘Against the World,’ by Tara Zahra In “Against the World,” the historian Tara Zahra examines the promise of liberal internationalism in its early days — and the resentments and suffering it continues to incite. AGAINST THE WORLD: Anti-Globalism…