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Books Our Editors Loved This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

9 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

Books Our Editors Loved This Week

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What Drives Patrick Radden Keefe?

Patrick Radden Keefe’s carefully applied ambition has propelled him to a rarefied perch.

15 hours ago

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What Drives Patrick Radden Keefe?

NYT Books and Literature

Terry Tempest Williams on Thoreau, Erdrich and Other Favorite Writers

She vividly recalls what the novel, and others like it, meant to her mother. Her own new book is “The Glorians: Visitations From the Holy Ordinary.”

18 hours ago

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Terry Tempest Williams on Thoreau, Erdrich and Other Favorite Writers

NYT Books and Literature

Great Chapter Books for Beginning Readers

Here are some of our staff’s favorites, for ages 4 to 8.

18 hours ago

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Great Chapter Books for Beginning Readers

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Tennessee Library Director Luanne James Fired Over L.G.B.T.Q. Books

The director, Luanne James, was fired at a board meeting for the Rutherford County Library System on Monday after she refused to move certain books to the adult section.

1 day ago

NYT Books and Literature

Tennessee Library Director Luanne James Fired Over L.G.B.T.Q. Books

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My Friend Wrote a Book About Her Trauma. Do I Have to Read It?

She told me that anyone who won’t read her book is not her friend and that I am contributing to the greater problem in the world.

8 hours ago

NYT Books and Literature

My Friend Wrote a Book About Her Trauma. Do I Have to Read It?

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