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Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball.

Millionaire hotelier George Boldt mapped out the Rhineland-style Boldt Castle in 1900 for his beloved wife, Louise. In 1900, millionaire hotelier George Boldt (proprietor of the world-famous Waldorf ...

Laurence Rees asks: Are we in danger of history repeating itself? The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released on Reagan ...

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

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In 1967, a team including Jean-Paul Sartre put the US ‘on trial’ for its actions in Vietnam. Clive Webb’s Vietdamned surveys their efforts ...