The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Re
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At 82, Isabel Allende is one of the world’s most beloved and best-selling Spanish-language authors.
Set in New York in the 1980s, Adam Ross’s new novel, “Playworld,” tells the story of a young actor n
Last summer, when The New York Times Book Review released its list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st
A century after “The Great Gatsby” was first published, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s slender novel about a
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Every season brings its share of books to look forward to, and this spring is no different. Host Gil
Samantha Harvey’s novel “Orbital,” which won the Booker Prize last year, has a tight, poetic frame:
You’re familiar with Edward Gorey, whether you know it or not. The prolific author and illustrator,
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