Sinking into any of Jane Austen’s books is like returning to an old friend, and Persuasion, her last and arguably best book, isn’t dissimilar to a fairytale (if fairytales were always this astute and ...
In December 2023, the University of Valencia published research showing that reading paper books results in six to eight times better comprehension than reading e-books. Over 450,000 people ...
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a thorough biography ...