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A photo of a collage featuring several Christmas-themed book covers, including Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie, Home for Christmas by Heidi Swain, The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett, and others, showcasing festive designs with snowy scenes, Christmas ornaments, and holiday decorations.

The Best Holiday-Themed Novels to Put You in the Christmas Spirit

These books are the season's ultimate cheat code.
By Gillian Harvey
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The 10 Best Books With Badass Older Heroines

These stereotype-busting heroines are proof positive you don’t have to be under 30 to be the main character in your own life.
By Gillian Harvey
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The 10 Best Travel Thrillers to Pick Up This Month

Now that August has arrived, these page-turners are the perfect reads to take on a lengthy plane ride or, if circumstances have you staycationing this year, to your favorite stretch of shoreline. 
By Kristine Hansen
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10 Must-Read Books to Check Out While You Wait for Sally Rooney’s New Novel

By Lanie Brice
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For Author Crystal Hana Kim, Fiction and Optimism Go Hand in Hand

By Akanksha Singh

Review: Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Medieval Novel ‘Lapvona’ Cements Her Prolific Storytelling Talent

By Jamie Hood

Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Sea of Tranquility’ Grapples With Pandemic Existence

By Megan Otto

Scapegoat: Gretchen Felker-Martin’s ‘Manhunt’

By Grace Byron

Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘To Paradise’ Is a 720 Page Exploration of Relationships

By Iman Sultan

Claudia Durastanti’s ‘Strangers I Know’ Is an Exploration of Family and Becoming

By Amy Pedulla

Books for Those Grieving and Processing Mortality in 2021

By Lauren LeBlanc

Lauren Groff on ‘Matrix’ and the Stories We Are Given

By Lauren LeBlanc

Little Misogyny: Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’

By Grace Byron

Mrs. March Subverts the Dead Girl Muse Trope

By Scarlett Harris

Rachel Cusk Takes Us Through an Emotional Marsh in ‘Second Place’

By Ginger Greene

Melissa Broder’s ‘Milk Fed,’ TikTok Recovery, and Seeing Yourself Reflected

By Emily Eckelbarger

Megan Nolan’s ‘Acts of Desperation’ Examines the Bottomless Feminine Desire for Ruin

By Helen Holmes

Robert Jones, Jr.’s ‘The Prophets’ is a Stunning Debut of Queer Black Love

By Noah Berlatsky
cover of 'The Searcher' by Tana French

Tana French’s ‘The Searcher’ Is An Ambiguous Morality Tale

By Grace Byron

Stephen King, Dan Rather and Other Writers Grieve the Loss of John le Carré

By Helen Holmes

Ottessa Moshfegh Doesn’t Want to Write Moral Stories

By Alina Cohen

Kate Zambreno Skirts Memoir in Her Compulsive New Novel, ‘Drifts’

By Lauren LeBlanc

How Established Writers Are Helping Debut Authors Save Their Books From Obscurity

By Gillian Harvey

Amina Cain’s Debut Novel ‘Indelicacy’ Builds a Fairy Tale Around Divorce

By Alina Cohen
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