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How Did Lesbian Pulp Fiction Thrive in the 1950s and ’60s?

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Mark Harris
These lurid paperbacks offer today’s readers a portal to an early, furtive era of queer expression.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Best Thriller Novels of 2024

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Sarah Lyall
Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Best Crime Novels of 2024

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Sarah Weinman
Our columnist on the year’s most outstanding crime novels.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Writers Silenced by Stalin Get New Life Amid War in Ukraine

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 5:00am
By Constant Méheut
The Soviet regime killed a generation of literary artists in the 1930s. Their legacy is being reclaimed as Ukraine fights to preserve its cultural heritage.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Talking About the Best Books of 2024

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 1:17pm
A group of editors on the year’s most extraordinary novels and nonfiction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The 10 Best Books of 2024

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 8:35am
By The New York Times Books Staff
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Rental House,’ by Weike Wang

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alexandra Kleeman
In Weike Wang’s novel “Rental House,” a couple invite their families to visit them on vacation.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Gabriel’s Moon,’ by William Boyd

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 5:00am
By Daniel Nieh
In “Gabriel’s Moon,” William Boyd follows a writer who is drawn into an espionage plot and a global crisis.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film,’ by Julie Gilbert

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alexandra Jacobs
In “Giant Love,” the novelist’s great-niece chronicles the Texas saga’s divisive reception and the epic film adaptation that’s now better known than the book.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘A History of the Big House,’ by Charif Majdalani

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 5:00am
By Joumana Khatib
The first English translation of Charif Majdalani’s 2005 novel “A History of the Big House” charts one family’s — and country’s — cycles of prosperity and ruin.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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