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The Best Thrillers of the Year So Far
These twisty suspense novels will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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A ‘Cursed Film’ Novel, Spiked With Venom and Fear
Lock the windows and bolt the doors before picking up Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie.”
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‘There Is No Ethan’ Is a Jaw-Dropping Tale of Digital Deception
Reading Anna Akbari’s memoir of online manipulation, you think you’ve seen it all — then you keep reading.
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An Essayist Who Revels in Glorious Chaos
In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with…
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Read Your Way Through New Orleans
New Orleans is a thriving hub for festivals, music and Creole cuisine. Here, the novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin shares books…
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I’m Choking on My Neighbor’s Smoke. But She’s Rent-Stabilized. What Can I Do?
When it comes to rent-stabilized tenants, legal claims against co-ops are tricky. Ultimately, it’s the apartment’s owner who must take…
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No, Byron Donalds, Jim Crow Didn’t Create Stronger Black Families
At an event in Philadelphia promoting Donald Trump and the Republican Party on Tuesday, Representative Byron Donalds of Florida made…
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The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus
At some point in almost every performance she gives, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has this look. If you’ve watched “Seinfeld,” “The New…
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Can I Lie About How I Lost Weight?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what your friends have a right to know about your health.
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An Object Lesson From Covid on How to Destroy Public Trust
Big chunks of the history of the Covid pandemic were rewritten over the last month or so in a way…