Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

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How the University of Miami’s Special Collections library came to possess one of its rarest, most valuable works — three volumes of engravings of roses commissioned by Empress Josephine Bonaparte of ...

This month, check out new historical fiction by Pam Jenoff and a horror novel with an adaptation already in the works.

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

A single line of cars piled high with pillows and blankets edged along the coastal highway, bumper to bumper. People embraced, some in tears. One man stopped to touch his forehead to the ground in ...