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Avast! Bring Your Dog-Eared Melvilles to the ‘Moby-Dick’ Bar.

In Lower Manhattan, a salt-sprayed cocktail bar pays homage to the 175-year-old white whale of American literature. So does its book club.

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Avast! Bring Your Dog-Eared Melvilles to the ‘Moby-Dick’ Bar.

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This ‘Hunger Games’ Actress Can Doze at the Drop of a Hat

“You have to get really good at napping,” said Whitney Peak of “Sunrise on the Reaping,” “because you can have breaks anywhere from five minutes to three hours.”

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This ‘Hunger Games’ Actress Can Doze at the Drop of a Hat

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5 Takeaways from Joe Biden’s Memoir: The Debate, Dropping Out and Advice From Romney

The 46th president defends his decision to run for re-election, which many in his party now regard as a mistake, and revisits the disastrous debate that forced him to end his campaign.

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5 Takeaways from Joe Biden’s Memoir: The Debate, Dropping Out and Advice From Romney

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The 2026 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Take a peek at this year’s winners.

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The 2026 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books

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Moody, Chilling New Thrillers

Our columnist on three excellent new books.

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Moody, Chilling New Thrillers

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Book Review: ‘The Key Biscayne Affair,’ by Xita Rubert

The narrator of “The Key Biscayne Affair,” by the Spanish novelist Xita Rubert, is still traumatized by what happened to her decades ago, on her father’s watch.

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Book Review: ‘The Key Biscayne Affair,’ by Xita Rubert