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Booker Prize 2026 Nominees: Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and More

Also among the 13 works up for the British literary award are the latest books from Douglas Stuart, Gwendoline Riley and Emma Cline.

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NYT Books and Literature

Booker Prize 2026 Nominees: Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and More

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‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War

A surge of books in Ukraine since the war began has aimed to help children and their parents cope with trauma.

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‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War

NYT Books and Literature

Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68

His works, which included “The Devotion of Suspect X,” were widely translated and adapted for the screen.

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NYT Books and Literature

Keigo Higashino, Best-Selling Japanese Mystery Writer, Dies at 68

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Liberation Summer,’ by Micki McElya

A new book by the historian Micki McElya considers how the politics of beauty both shaped and divided the women’s movement.

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Book Review: ‘Liberation Summer,’ by Micki McElya

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Book Review: ‘Biological War,’ by Annie Jacobsen

In a sobering new book, Annie Jacobsen considers the potentially civilization-ending impacts of biological war.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Biological War,’ by Annie Jacobsen