Poppy Kuroki’s Gate to Kagoshima is a captivating blend of historical fiction, romance, and time travel, immersing readers in the rich tapestry of 19th-century ...

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With substantial public investment and lofty ideals, The Good Literary Agency vowed to change British literature. What went wrong?

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Didion & Babitz” dodges bringing its subjects to its forefront in favor of second-hand gossip and questionable journalistic ...

Our columnist on four stellar new releases. Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the first ...

The pieces in this collection are about a wide variety of subjects, yet there is one thread that runs through most of them: ...

Brenyah’s Chain Gang All Stars critiques capitalist exploitation and the commodification of human lives through a dystopian lens where prisoners are turned into gladiators for profit. By ...