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For my family, reading Scarry together was itself like a car trip — the rare sort where no one gets cranky and the world, as seen from the back seat, is fresh and startling.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In her “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” series and “Five Survive,” this British author makes herself at home on the East Coast.

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.