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  1. Nonfiction

    Long Before Trump, Immigrant Detention Was Arbitrary and Cruel

    “In the Shadow of Liberty,” by the historian Ana Raquel Minian, chronicles America’s often brutal treatment of noncitizens, including locking them up without charge.

     By Jennifer Szalai

    The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, was built in 2014 to house up to 2,400 undocumented women and children.
    The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, was built in 2014 to house up to 2,400 undocumented women and children.
    CreditIlana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times

  1. That Time Europe Tried to Bring Monarchy Back to Mexico

    In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.

     By Natasha Wheatley

    At the height of the American Civil War, the Hapsburg prince Maximilian went to Mexico to rule as king with the best of intentions.
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  2. Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book

    Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood.

     By The New York Times Books Staff

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  3. 17 Works of Nonfiction Coming This Spring

    Memoirs from Brittney Griner and Salman Rushdie, a look at pioneering Black ballerinas, a new historical account from Erik Larson — and plenty more.

     By Cody Delistraty

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  4. 27 Works of Fiction Coming This Spring

    Stories by Amor Towles, a sequel to Colm Toibin’s “Brooklyn,” a new thriller by Tana French and more.

     By Kate Dwyer

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  5. Best-Seller Lists: April 28, 2024

    All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.

     

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  1. Salman Rushdie Reflects on His Stabbing in a New Memoir

    “Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.

     By Dwight Garner

    CreditClément Pascal for The New York Times

  2. For Caleb Carr, Salvation Arrived on Little Cat’s Feet

    As he struggled with writing and illness, the “Alienist” author found comfort in the feline companions he recalls in a new memoir, “My Beloved Monster.”

     By Alexandra Jacobs

    Masha, the cat at the heart of Caleb Carr’s memoir, enjoys classical music, hankers to wander free and “eats like a barbarian queen,” he writes.
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  3. Savages! Innocents! Sages! What Do We Really Know About Early Humans?

    In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell us more about us than them.

     By Jennifer Szalai

    Look like someone you know? No longer the hunched and hairy creatures of the 1980s and ’90s, Neanderthals are now depicted as blond and blue-eyed tool users.
    CreditSculpture: E.Daynes; Photo: S.Entressangle/LookatSciences, via Science Source

  4. Delmore Schwartz’s Poems Are Like Salt Flicked on the World

    A new omnibus compiles the poet’s books and unpublished work, including his two-part autobiographical masterpiece, “Genesis.”

     By Dwight Garner

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  5. She Lied, Cheated and Stole. Then She Wrote a Book About It.

    In her buzzy memoir, “Sociopath,” Patric Gagne shows herself more committed to revel in her naughtiness than to demystify the condition.

     By Alexandra Jacobs

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  3. Paperback Row

    6 New Paperbacks to Read This Week

    Selected paperbacks from the Book Review, including titles by Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Kolbert, Tyriek White and more.

    By Shreya Chattopadhyay

     
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  9. By the Book

    Emily Henry Is Proud to Be Called a Romance Writer

    “I don’t want other people to miss out on the wisdom and joy this genre has to offer, the way I did for so long,” says the best-selling novelist. “Funny Story,” about a heartsore librarian and the new man in her life, is out next week.

     
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