The Shortlist: Three French Novels You Should Read
New translations include a lush historical novel about Michelangelo, a hybrid memoir/novel from a Nobel Prize winner and a mother-daughter melodrama.
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Nonfiction: A Close-Up Look at the British Men and Women Who Ruled India
David Gilmour’s “The British in India” examines the personal lives of the small number of individuals who controlled a vast territory.
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Nonfiction: What Matters in Old Age: Rereading, Reconsidering and Reassessing
The literary critic Susan Gubar’s memoir, “Late-Life Love,” blends tales of her marriage with discussions of works whose meaning has changed for her over time.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
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Fiction: In a Brutal Chinese Satire, Villagers Surrender to Their Worst Impulses
Yan Lianke’s novel “The Day the Sun Died” takes place on a single night, when a plague of somnambulism unleashes a host of suppressed emotions.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Self-Helped: The Art of Bullet Journaling and the Improved To-Do List
First, ask yourself: Does this thought actually belong here?
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Graphic Content: When Comics Writers Defy Gender Norms
In her column, Hillary Chute reviews four new graphic novels that use the form to challenge societal expectations about sex.
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Editors’ Choice: 8 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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By the Book: James Lee Burke: By the Book
The author, most recently, of the forthcoming Dave Robicheaux murder mystery “The New Iberia Blues” loves the Beat writers: “I wish Jack Kerouac had lived to be a thousand years old.”
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