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A Falls Church, Va., public library moved a pro-Palestinian alphabet book to a different location in its kids’ section this week following a review of the book by library staff. After the Mary ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Colleen Hoover has not just made it big on the (really) small screen via BookTok. The author’s work made its way to theaters everywhere with It Ends with Us, the ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.” ...

Sue Roe's new book details how while on holiday with his wife, Picasso installed his mistress in a beach hut - then took up with another! But then came… After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school ...