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Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story

A Cambridge professor has transcribed a handwritten story that the famous mathematician wrote in the year before his death, presenting a different side of him.

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NYT Books and Literature

Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story

NYT Books and Literature

In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus’ Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences

Loved Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”? Find more images inspired by Homer’s epic poem at these U.S. museums.

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In Artwork Across the Ages, Odysseus’ Myth Keeps Entrancing Audiences

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Children’s Picture Books About Boredom

The picture books “Bored” and “Endless Afternoons” are odes to the joy of having nothing to do.

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Children’s Picture Books About Boredom

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Salman Rushdie Recalls ‘Lake of Blood’ in Testimony Against His Attacker

Mr. Rushdie, an author, testified about the 2022 stabbing in upstate New York, where he was speaking at a literary festival. He was left blind in one eye, with scars all over his body.

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NYT Books and Literature

Salman Rushdie Recalls ‘Lake of Blood’ in Testimony Against His Attacker

NYT Books and Literature

6 New Books We Love This Week

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

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NYT Books and Literature

6 New Books We Love This Week

NYT Books and Literature

Valeria Luiselli on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel

Pliny’s “Natural History” is meant for “skimming and skipping,” she says. Her own new (one-volume) road-trip novel is “Beginning Middle End.”

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NYT Books and Literature

Valeria Luiselli on Her Favorite Books and Her New Novel