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The Secret Film History of Bill Murray: 11 Bills You Might Have Missed

By Gavin Edwards ×

The author of "The Tao of Bill Murray" on ten roles (plus one) to catch the unpredictable actor in after "Lost in Translation" and "Groundhog Day."

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“Sundry Doubtful and Uncertain Reports”

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“Sundry Doubtful and Uncertain Reports”

By Steve King ×

The first American newspaper appeared in Boston, this week in 1690.

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Reputations

By JUAN GABRIEL VÁSQUEZ; Translated by ANNE McLEAN

Reviewed by Tom LeClair ×

The events of a party for a Colombian political cartoonist and its aftermath through the decades provide the mystery at the heart of the "provocative" new novel from Juan Gabriel Vásquez....

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A Whole Life

By ROBERT SEETHALER

Reviewed by William Giraldi ×

In Robert Seethaler's novella of a man's days in the mountains of Germany, stark beauty and inevitable heartbreak are inseparable. Review by William Giraldi.

Eyes on the Street

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Eyes on the Street

By ROBERT KANIGEL

Reviewed by Barbara Spindel ×

Robert Kanigel's life of urban visionary Jane Jacobs uncovers a figure whose most intense life was manifested in her ideas.

2016 NBA Longlists: Fiction

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2016 NBA Longlists: Fiction

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Ten titles in the running for 2016's National Book Award for Fiction.

Who Stays and Who Is Taken: Yaa Gyasi on “Homegoing”

Who Stays and Who Is Taken: Yaa Gyasi on “Homegoing”

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The author of one of the year's most exciting debuts talks about the origins of her story in the history of slavery, and the power of storytelling.

2016 NBA Longlists: Nonfiction

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2016 NBA Longlists: Nonfiction

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The ten works of nonfiction on this year's list touch on topics ranging from the history of slavery to the ethics of a "big data" society.

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Nutshell

By IAN McEWAN

Reviewed by Melissa H. Pierson ×

In Ian McEwan's new novel, an extremely young narrator delivers a tale with Shakespearian ambition. Review by Melissa Holbrooke Pierson.

2016 NBA Longlists: Poetry

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2016 NBA Longlists: Poetry

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The Longlist for this year's National Book of Poetry has been announced. See all ten here.

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Little Nothing

By MARISA SILVER

Reviewed by Mark Athitakis ×

Marisa Silver marries harrowing realism and fairy-tale enchantment in a story of a girl who faces the terrors of the world through a series of transformations.

From Coal Mine to the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl at 100

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From Coal Mine to the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl at 100

By Steve King ×

Celebrating the 100th birthday of the writer whose imagination gave birth to Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.

2016 NBA Longlists: Young People’s Literature

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2016 NBA Longlists: Young People’s Literature

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It's that time of year! Announcing the Longlist for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.