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For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

Other books we recommend this week include Dorian Lynskey’s study of the role the apocalypse plays in the cultural ...

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Olivia Waite, the Book Review’s romance fiction columnist, writes queer and historical romance, fantasy and critical essays ...

Amid the inevitable violence and horror, there are the equally inevitable heroes and villains, but for everyone the world has ...

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

The book, the third in a series ... By Alexandra Jacobs Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction ...

The book, the third in a series ... By Alexandra Alter Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and ...

The book, the third in a series ... By Alexandra Alter Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and ...