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“Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis” by Jonathan Blitzer (Penguin, ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Nigel Hamilton 's new book, " Lincoln vs. Davis ," is a study of its subjects as rival Civil War commanders. Below, the ...

The New York Public Library is proud to present our Best Books of 2024. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens, curated by our expert staff and librarians, encompass ...

The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.

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Published since September 1843 to take part in “a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy ...

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Books have been adapted for the big screen since cinema’s early years. One of the first filmmakers to mine movie plots from books was Georges Méliès, who pioneered many film techniques. In 1899, he ...

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