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The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke

For the comedian Alison Leiby, talking about her choice to be child-free is more polarizing to audiences than anything else.

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NYT Books and Literature

The Only Thing Riskier Than Telling an Abortion Joke

NYT Books and Literature

Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.

Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?

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NYT Books and Literature

Someone Used A.I. to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me. I Don’t Recommend Reading It.

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NYT Books and Literature

Romance Novels Filled With Dazzling Fireworks

Our columnist on three of the year’s most anticipated books.

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NYT Books and Literature

Romance Novels Filled With Dazzling Fireworks

NYT Books and Literature

Is This Really the End of Reading?

It’s not the children who stopped reading. It’s their grandparents.

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NYT Books and Literature

Is This Really the End of Reading?

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder

Jem Calder’s novel, “I Want You to Be Happy,” follows the flailing situationship between two aspiring writers with a 12-year age gap.

6 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘I Want You to Be Happy,’ by Jem Calder

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul

In “Journey to Nowhere,” Shiva Naipaul reports on the aftermath of a cult’s disastrous turn away from idealism.

6 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Journey to Nowhere,’ by Shiva Naipaul