“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America
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So long, Sookie Stackhouse
The final volume of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series does right by a beloved character
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“She Left Me the Gun”: Her mother’s shocking past
What to Read: Behind a memoirist's idyllic childhood lies a story of a brave woman who had her own father arrested
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“The Book of Woe”: Psychiatry’s last stand
An account of the making of the new DSM questions whether psychiatry is -- or should be -- a science
Sunday, May 5, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 48Entertainment What to Read, Editor's Picks
“The Shelter Cycle”: Raised in a cult
Two adults remember their childhood in a doomsday sect in Peter Rock's remarkable novel of faith and meaning
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“The Woman Upstairs”: Rage of a frustrated artist
A teacher becomes obsessed with a charismatic family in Claire Messud's fierce portrait of thwarted creativity
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With crowdsourcing, everyone’s a detective now
Reddit got it all wrong. So why do we all think we have the expertise to solve crimes after watching "CSI"?
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 11Entertainment Books, Mysteries, Crime, Reddit
“Cooked”: Michael Pollan takes kitchen duty
A great food writer considers the deeper meanings of turning food into meals
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 14Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction, Books
Chechens: Legendary tough guys
An expert explains the mystique of Chechen insurgents but says it makes no sense for them to attack the U.S.
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“Harvest”: A fairy-tale witch hunt
A lilting narration for Jim Crace's dark, eternal story of a village that turns on itself
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“The Astor Orphan”: Rich little poor girl
A woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion
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Here’s why dogs rule literature — but cats run the Web
Why? It's not a question of cuteness. Cats are simply funnier than dogs, while dogs are more eager to please us
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“How to Create the Perfect Wife”
The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for
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They put the evil in Medieval
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“River of Stars”: Picture “Game of Thrones” in China
Guy Gavriel Kay's exquisite Asian-inspired epic fantasy offers a fresh twist on intrigue and adventure
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“Life After Life”: A World War II do-over
Kate Atkinson's new novel follows the multiple lives of an Englishwoman trying to get her own story just right
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Sneaky author tricks
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“Between Man and Beast”: A great explorer with a secret
How the first scientist to bag a gorilla was plunged into the historic battles over evolution and race
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“How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”: Poor boy makes good
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Books aren’t dead yet
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