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We’re in a Golden Age of Queer Literature

After decades in which queer literature was the underdog, it is now publishing’s golden goose.

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NYT Books and Literature

We’re in a Golden Age of Queer Literature

NYT Books and Literature

Test Your Knowledge of New York’s Algonquin Round Table

Try this short quiz on Manhattan’s influential “vicious circle” of 20th-century literary wits.

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NYT Books and Literature

Test Your Knowledge of New York’s Algonquin Round Table

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22 New Books to Read in July: Colson Whitehead, Alice Oseman, Daniel Mason and More

Novels by Colson Whitehead and Daniel Mason, the final “Heartstopper” graphic novel, gripping thrillers, lush romantasy, true crime and more.

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NYT Books and Literature

22 New Books to Read in July: Colson Whitehead, Alice Oseman, Daniel Mason and More

NYT Books and Literature

Terrific New Mystery Books

Sarah Weinman on “Heather,” by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books.

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NYT Books and Literature

Terrific New Mystery Books

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Becoming George,’ by Fiona Sampson

In her biography of the novelist George Sand, Fiona Sampson urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer, an inventor of stories and also of the self.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Becoming George,’ by Fiona Sampson

NYT Books and Literature

Dazzling New Romance Books for Summer

Our columnist on new books by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman and Tessa Bickers.

2 days ago

NYT Books and Literature

Dazzling New Romance Books for Summer