Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
This year’s winners include the latest novel by the South Korean Nobel laureate in literature and a memoir by one of India’s best known novelists.
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Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
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Book Review: ‘The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution,’ by Mark Peterson
In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ill suited to the nation we’ve become.
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Book Review: ‘The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution,’ by Mark Peterson
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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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Book Review: ‘The Insatiable Machine,’ by Trevor Jackson
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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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Book Review: ‘How Flowers Made Our World,’ by David George Haskell
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Books Our Editors Loved This Week
Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Books Our Editors Loved This Week
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Rare Books Stolen From a Jesuit Archive in Rome Are Returned to Italy
The books, about astronomy and other topics, were written in Chinese by Jesuit missionaries who shared information on science as part of their effort to spread Christianity.
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Rare Books Stolen From a Jesuit Archive in Rome Are Returned to Italy
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8 Thriller Books About Housewives Getting Revenge
The author Elizabeth Arnott recommends thrilling tales of domestic vengeance and feminine power.
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8 Thriller Books About Housewives Getting Revenge
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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80
A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.
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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80