Breaking the Social Media Prism by Chris Bail
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A new book looks at ways the pernicious effects of social media can be countered.
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Four Plays by Aristophanes
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Four great comedies by Aristophanes get a lively new translation.
Read MoreFulfillment by Alec MacGillis
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A new book looks at the extent - and ruinous cost - of Amazon’s convenience.
Read MoreRevise by Pamela Haag
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A bracingly clear-eyed approach to fixing up your boring old prose.
Read MoreMike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris
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A big new biography extols the vibrant and crowded career of one of the era’s most skillful and complicated artists.
Read MoreA Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
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George Saunders brings his short story masterclass to general readers with this book of his commentary on Russian classics.
Read MoreThe Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
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This extraordinary collection of stories considers the impact of injustice based on race and gender oppression, the shifting meanings of history, and the complex emotions of grief.
Read MoreCalhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder
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A new biography of America’s foremost zealot for slavery.
Read MoreThe Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery
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A woman is cut adrift and forced to start over in Susan Mallery’s latest romance novel.
Read MoreAmerican Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky
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A new history of the unprecedented surge in serial killers in the second half of the 20th century.
Read MoreThe Delivery by Peter Mendelsund
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Peter Mendelsund’s new novel follows an anonymous delivery boy from daily runs to one big adventure.
Read MoreThe Volga by Janet Hartley
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A wonderfully colorful history of the great river running through the Russian federation.
Read MoreStrange Bedfellows by Ina Park
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Everything you wanted to know about sexually transmitted infections but were perhaps embarrassed to ask!
Read MoreDevils, Lust and Strange Desires by Richard Bradford
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A new biography of the author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
Read MoreHomo Irrealis by André Aciman
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A collection of essays by the author of “Call Me By Your Name.”
Read MoreA Most Peculiar Book by Kristin Swenson
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A readable guide to the many contradictions, errors, and oddities of the Bible.
Read MoreThe Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene by Richard Greene
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A sparkling new one-volume biography of Graham Greene considers not only Greene’s novels but his work on behalf of human rights violations around the world, his struggles with faith, and his subtle yearning for joy.
Read MoreIbsen's Kingdom by Evert Sprinchorn
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A new biography of the great playwright turns the spotlight on his works.
Read MoreIn Search of Isaiah Berlin by Henry Hardy
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Henry Hardy explores the different and at times conflicting sides of the famous scholar Isaiah Berlin
Read MoreShakespearean by Robert McCrum
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An author considers why the words of William Shakespeare continue to hold such relevance even in today’s difficult times—for us and for himself.
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