Physical books are alive with memories. Has the pandemic pushed them into the ether for good?
(Mar’a Alconada Brooks/The Washington Post)
Zoom book clubs and e-books are no match for physical books and the experience of sharing them with friends in person.
10 books to read in September
Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead and Richard Powers all have new novels.
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In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction
“Matrix” dramatizes a remote period while making it somehow relevant to our own lives.
When Covid struck the Wolitzers, Meg and Hilma bonded by creating a book. Let them tell you about it.
Meg Wolitzer talks to her mom, Hilma, about her new collection, “Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket,” parenthood, writing and how humor carries them through
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Stephen Graham Jones’s ‘My Heart Is a Chainsaw’ will delight horror movie fans
The novel is a paean to slasher films, a devotional about an acolyte written by an obsessive.
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Roger Federer may be out with an injury, but he’s present — and forthcoming — in a new book
“The Master” pulls back the layers on the legendary player who thinks of himself as a “regular guy.”
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Paula Hawkins has a new thriller, and let’s just say it’s no ‘The Girl on the Train’
‘A Slow Fire Burning’ is indeed slow.
Stephen B. Oates, historian and biographer of Lincoln and King, dies at 85
After publishing well-received historical studies, his career was tainted by charges of plagiarism.
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For ‘Unorthodox’ fans, Deborah Feldman’s new memoir offers intriguing update
“Exodus, Revisited” offers new insights about a woman’s break from her Hasidic community.
- Outlook
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How a 12-year-old Billie Jean King decided to change the world
The tennis great and longtime activist shares little-known stories in her autobiography.
- Outlook
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At a Chicago high school, helping refugee students navigate American life
They deal with homework, teenage romance — and often, larger burdens, Elly Fishman writes.
Critics
- Perspective
- PerspectiveThe Loch Ness monster may not exist, but such mythical beasts fascinate for good reason
- ReviewA true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream
- ReviewNapoleon Bonaparte, gardener? Yes, says a new book, the dictator found solace in the natural world
