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Dutch Publisher Apologizes Over Disputed Anne Frank Book

by Nina Siegal Feb 1, 2022

Ambo Anthos Publishers said it would delay printing more copies. HarperCollins, the book’s publisher in the United States, declined to comment.At the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam.

An 8-Year-Old Wrote a Book and Hid It on a Library Shelf. It's a Hit.

by Alyssa Lukpat Feb 1, 2022

Dillon Helbig, a second-grader from Idaho, wrote an 81-page book about his “Crismis” adventures. Now other children want to write stories.

Jennifer Lopez on 'Marry Me,' Fame and Ben Affleck

by Nicole Sperling Feb 1, 2022

After navigating the treacherous waters of celebrity, the superstar is betting on “Marry Me,” a movie that sounds a lot like her personal life.The new film is in some ways about what it’s like to exist in Jennifer Lopez’s spotlight, what she calls “a very specific life.”

Sex, Lies and Infidelity on a Small College Campus

by Jean Hanff Korelitz Feb 1, 2022

Julia May Jonas’s debut novel, “Vladimir,” taps into a timeless story with several timely twists.

Unhappy Families Abound in These New Books About Fathers and Sons

by Patrick Nathan Feb 1, 2022

Three new books (by Adrian Nathan West, Daniel Black and Obed Silva) explore difficult family dynamics, each challenging in its own way.

For This Mountaineer, Everest Was a Challenge and a Path to Peace

by Qian Julie Wang Feb 1, 2022

In her memoir, “In the Shadow of the Mountain,” Silvia Vasquez-Lavado recounts how she climbed Mount Everest and how she transcended a past of abuse and alcoholism.

Your Mother Died. Now She Wants to Tell You Her Secrets.

by Elisabeth Egan Feb 1, 2022

Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel, “Black Cake,” shows how many times a woman can cook up a new life and what happens when she runs out of steam.“The recipe, on paper, was simple enough. Its success depended on the quality of the ingredients, but mostly on how well you handled them,” Wilkerson writes.

Hollywood Came to China; It Was Epic.

by James Parker Feb 1, 2022

Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” explores how Hollywood wooed the Chinese market — and became the villain of the piece.Tom Cruise at a movie premiere in Beijing in 2018.

A Novel About Abortion, Told From Inside and Outside a Clinic

by Richard Russo Feb 1, 2022

In “Mercy Street,” Jennifer Haigh examines a controversial issue from multiple perspectives.

'The Violin Conspiracy' Is a Musical Thriller With Some Unexpected Notes

by Joshua Barone Feb 1, 2022

Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel is a musical bildungsroman cleverly contained within a literary thriller.

Book Review: 'The Nineties,' by Chuck Klosterman

by Alexandra Jacobs Feb 1, 2022

The prolific cultural obsessive turns his attention to the twilight of a millennium, when Generation X reluctantly took center stage.

A Celebration of Rap, and a Shrewd Study of Its Lyricism

by Jayson Greene Feb 1, 2022

“What’s Good,” by Daniel Levin Becker, is a wide-ranging examination of hip-hop and its language games.Lyrics by the rapper 50 Cent, among many others, get a lively analysis in Daniel Levin Becker’s book “What’s Good.”