Washington Post: Books
- A woman on a killing spree gets some help from her enabling sister
Monday - 11/19/2018 - 08:00 AMOyinkan Braithwaite’s “My Sister, the Serial Killer” playfully examines a patriarchal society.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why Thanksgiving isn’t necessarily a celebration: a Native American writer’s take
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:00 AMAuthor Tommy Orange looks at the holiday and the books that have shaped his experience.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How different really are atheists and believers?
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:41 AMJohn Gray explores the intersection of atheism and God.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is the fracking boom a sign of America’s move toward oil independence?
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 08:08 AMBethany McLean probes whether America could become as big an oil producer as Saudi Arabia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From ‘Fire and Fury’ to a ‘Crazy Rich’ resurgence: The biggest book news of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 03:51 PMBasically, a lot of people wrote about the president.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 5 best romance novels of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 04:13 PMTwo involve dukes. What are the odds?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 5 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 04:32 PMBooks that sent readers to the moon and back.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stilted dialogue, a ludicrous plot: On the pleasures of the vintage whodunit
Wednesday - 11/14/2018 - 09:00 AM‘Crime Fiction of the 1920s’ and other new collections are a welcome respite from real life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet Rachel Hollis, the Texas mom shaking up this year’s bestseller list
Monday - 11/12/2018 - 08:00 AM“Girl, Wash Your Face” has captured the hearts of red-state women with a very blue-state message.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A cardiologist on matters of the heart
Thursday - 11/08/2018 - 06:56 AMSandeep Jauhar explores what makes us tick.
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- Love is complicated in the charming ‘First Comes Marriage’
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 01:15 PMHuda al-Marashi must choose between an arranged marriage and an American love story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Entrepreneurs: the eccentric — sometimes cruel — heroes of American capitalism
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:25 AMAlan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge explain America’s edge in economic wealth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 great audiobooks for that long Thanksgiving drive
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 08:00 AM‘The Spy and the Traitor’ and other tales can help take your mind off the traffic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These women helped revolutionize art. The price — for them — was often heavy.
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 08:15 AM‘Ninth Street Women’ is a reminder of the importance of women to an artistic genre long associated with masculinity.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The best book adaptations to hit screens in 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 03:56 PMFrom Oscar bait to feel-good Netflix fare.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 10 best graphic novels of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 04:22 PMIncluding the first graphic novel to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 50 notable works of fiction in 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 05:27 PMMost will break your heart. A few will help put it back together.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ pursues literary fame in ‘A Ladder to the Sky’
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 08:00 AMJohn Boyne’s novel is a satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For eight years, Michelle Obama watched every word. In her memoir, she’s done with that.
Friday - 11/09/2018 - 03:49 PMThe former first lady doesn’t tiptoe around the ugly stuff in “Becoming.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The many flaws and failures of the United States in the Vietnam War
Thursday - 11/08/2018 - 07:07 AMMax Hastings argues that the war was an Asian tragedy and a U.S. nightmare.
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- Poetry need not be a call to action, but ‘The Long Take’ is
Monday - 11/19/2018 - 08:00 AMRobin Robertson’s genre-bending book explores post World War II disaffection
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - When presidents lied or misled the nation to go to war — and when they didn’t
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 07:36 AMMichael Beschloss recounts presidential lapses and virtues in wartime.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rob Delaney honors his late son with a special televised bedtime story
Friday - 11/16/2018 - 08:00 AMThe “Catastrophe” actor will present a “CBeebies Bedtime Story” using a form of sign language.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has no plans to slow down
Thursday - 11/15/2018 - 12:46 PMThe musician discusses his memoir, staying creatively inspired and his opioid addiction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 5 best poetry collections of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 03:54 PMFrom the late Ursula K. Le Guin to Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The 10 best thrillers and mysteries of 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 04:26 PMSecrets, private eyes, unreliable narrators and more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018
Tuesday - 11/13/2018 - 05:03 PMThe best of history, politics and memoirs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ racks up most preorders since ‘Go Set a Watchman’
Monday - 11/12/2018 - 02:06 PMOprah announces the first lady’s memoir is her next book club pick.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it?
Monday - 11/12/2018 - 11:54 AM“The End of the End of the Earth” is uneven but raises important points about conservation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A substitute teacher’s provocative ideas on student discipline
Thursday - 11/08/2018 - 07:14 AMCinque Henderson offers a prescription for improving classroom behavior.
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