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Homer’s “Odyssey” has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three translations and explains

Three authors chronicle the history of the World Cup and of U.S. men’s soccer.

Our columnist reviews “The Tapestry of Fate” and other books.

The once-closeted star has reinvented her song “Girls Like Girls” as a best-selling Y.A. novel and a new theatrical film. It wasn’t easy.

For decades, publishers have swapped out cultural references in new editions of books to appeal to younger readers. Fans aren’t always thrilled.

Back at the Yale library that holds his archive, the low-key creator of “Doonesbury” reunites with the journalist who pieced together his life story.

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)

A respected literary magazine has published an award-winning short story many readers believe to be generated by artificial intelligence. Experts aren’t all so sure.

From fashion to art, an explainer on our love of wetlands.

What the rise of A.I. and the gutting of books coverage across U.S. media will mean for literature.