As far as holiday romance goes, Juneteenth is probably as celebrated as Earth Day. And, it was only a few years ago that you heard the terms “holiday romance,” a PC way of saying “Christmas romance” of those of the Hallmark persuasion, but romance writers have taken the lead in expanding their offerings. Since unfortunately
Last week, we revealed our “Best of the Century So Far” list for young adult literature. It was a long process of deciding which 45 books from the last 25 years to include and which ones – despite considering how good they were, how influential they were, how important the author is and a range
Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet spawned a global phenomenon, and in 2024, new York Times Name my brilliant friend—The first book in the series—the best book of the century so far. This is a big deal! So what does it take to be #1, and what does the selection reveal about modern reading habits and values?
Plot of A Little Bit Bad Sounds like the setup for a joke: “Like, this white woman is lusting after her hot Chicano roofer?” The narrator Perdita Jungfrau is describing her situation. “Yuck.” It is 2009 and Perdita is 39 when she meets 25-year-old Nando, who is working on the roof next door. “Burned out”
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Every Pride month, I try to pack my reading list with as many LGBTQ+ books as possible. Not that I don’t read a lot of weird books the rest of the year, but I always love an excuse to read some themed books. There are countless LGBTQ+ historical fiction books I could recommend — and
Over three decades, Ghosh has produced a brilliant series of consistently smart, consistently exploratory novels. He’s at Ohtani-level, his ambition made it all the more unrealistic. Dude’s always swinging for the fences. Which brings us to Ghosh’s latest novel. How to describe the wild “Ghost-Eye”? “Ghost-Eye” is about Varsha, a 3-year-old girl from Calcutta in
TeaIt’s the last day of maternity leave, and an unnamed mother of two has decided to celebrate a “Yes Day” full of treats and good feelings. Of course it doesn’t go according to plan: behavior is lacking, misjudged and underappreciated; Good feelings are fleeting, quickly extinguished by worry, guilt, or humiliation. This familiar-sounding scenario is
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Robert Thurman, whose scholarly, enthusiastic efforts to expand the West’s understanding of Tibetan Buddhism earned him a reputation as “the Dalai Lama’s man in America,” died Tuesday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. He was 84. His daughter, actress Uma Thurman, confirmed the death. Widely considered the leading expert on Tibetan Buddhism in the United