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In Tayari Jones’s new book, two motherless girls embark on lifelong journeys to find the family they’ve always yearned for.

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

James Salter’s “Light Years” had a big influence on “So Old, So Young,” his new book about college friends drifting in and out of one another’s lives.

The best-selling author Marie Lu recommends thrilling reads that ground enchanting adventures in recognizable settings.

She was a towering figure in Soviet literature who was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge.

In “Playing for Time,” she recounted how singing in an all-female orchestra while in a concentration camp saved her from death.

Three new books apply an economist’s lens — and language — to some of our most unruly phenomena, including war and nature itself.

In “Playing for Time,” she recounted how singing in an all-female orchestra while in a concentration camp saved her from death.

She was a towering figure in Soviet literature who was once silenced in a Stalinist literary purge.

How hard-boiled language lessons from Adrienne, the motorcycle-riding author of a series of 1970s language books, turned a homebody into an explorer.