Barack Obama’s summer reading pick ‘Intimacies’ is an unsettling novel about moral dilemmas
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Katie Kitamura’s new novel follows an interpreter in The Hague who’s involved with a married man.
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Niall Leonard is E.L. James’s husband, but his new novel shows he’s more than a plus-one
Leonard’s ‘M, King’s Bodyguard” is an atmospheric, tightly plotted mystery set in Edwardian London
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The 5 best new thrillers and mysteries to read in August
Shari Lapena and Karin Slaughter are among the authors delivering satisfying suspense.
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In ‘Nightbitch,’ a listless mother turns feral
Despite an outlandish conceit, Rachel Yoder’s debut is a reminder of the shared experiences of motherhood.
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‘What Strange Paradise’ is a visceral account of a refugee’s desperation
Omar El Akkad’s novel about a Syrian boy’s panicked flight is a testament to the impossible predicament confronted by millions of people.
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A new Trump book is disturbing but entertaining — and maybe that’s a problem
Michael Wolff details the end of Trump’s term while feeding readers’ appetite for spectacle.
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A homegrown garden of mind-altering substances
Michael Pollan cultivates his own opium and mescaline, and takes on U.S. drug policy.
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We’re at home among trees — which might be able to sense our presence
Humans and plants are more alike than we realize, writes Peter Wohlleben.
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How Juul found success: Innovation and addiction
The e-cigarette-maker promised a safer product but got teens hooked, Jamie Ducharme writes.
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The details of WeWork’s unraveling are stranger than fiction
In “The Cult of We,” reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell document founder Adam Neumann’s excesses.
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