Books
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Texas County Keeps Public Libraries Open Amid Book Ban Controversy
Officials in Llano County considered closing the entire library system in lieu of returning challenged titles to its shelves.
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On Feist’s ‘Multitudes,’ Tranquillity Is Shadowed by Disquiet
The Canadian songwriter’s most intimate-sounding album is also her most ambitious statement.
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Expanding the Witherspoon Television Universe
“The Last Thing He Told Me” and “Tiny Beautiful Things,” both executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, tell mother-daughter stories in…
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‘Everything Went Fine’ Review: To Be or Not to Be?
This French drama about a woman whose father wants a medically assisted death is both bracingly unsentimental and a touch…
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A Swashbuckling Tale of Mutiny Took Him Where ‘the Soul of Man Dies’
“The Wager,” David Grann’s new book, is as much a rousing adventure as an exploration of the power of narratives…
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Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers
In 2021, “How the Word Is Passed” was on the hardcover nonfiction list for five weeks. Now Smith is back…
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A Brother-in-Law Explores a Family Tragedy
Using journals left behind by his idol and mentor, Daniel Wallace tries to make sense of the inexplicable.
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Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
What books are on your night stand? “In the Café of Lost Youth,” by Patrick Modiano; “Sleepless Nights,”by Elizabeth Hardwick;…
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Inside the Pods With ‘Love Is Blind,’ the Reality TV Juggernaut
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Peahens choose peacocks with more elaborate feathers, earthworms mate based on size, and baboons judge on…
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In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Finds Her Light
The one-woman show, coming to Broadway, is the “Killing Eve” star’s first stage role. She dared herself to do it.