Book Review: ‘We Burn Daylight,’ by Bret Anthony Johnston
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An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.
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2 Dutch Novels Plumb the Gulf Between Order and Chaos
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A late-life fantasia; a surviving twin’s breakthrough.
Book Review: ‘Off the Books,’ by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier
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In Soma Mei Sheng Frazier’s debut novel, “Off the Books,” a Chinese American college student chauffeurs a handsome and suspicious client from California to New York.
New, Steamy Historical Romance Books
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Our columnist on vacation-ready reads.
Beyond ‘Bridgerton’: 3 Steamy, Summery New Historical Romances
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Our columnist on vacation-ready reads.
Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86
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She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.
The Book Review Book Club: “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” by Patricia Highsmith
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Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller mixes glamour, betrayal, self-invention and murder. What’s not to love?
4 New Horror Novels Full of Ghosts, Monsters and Other Terrors
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Our columnist reviews July’s horror releases.
Book Review: ‘Tree. Table. Book,’ by Lois Lowry, and ‘Not Nothing,’ by Gayle Forman
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“Tree. Table. Book” and “Not Nothing” feature young people whose friendships with the very old unlock fading memories.
Lewis H. Lapham, Harper’s Editor and Piercing Columnist, Dies at 89
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Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of a spoiled United States.