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Reviews, essays, best sellers and children’s books coverage from The New York Times Book Review.

In a Novelist’s Hands, a Herstory of England Is Delicious — but Not Sweet

Twenty-odd years ago Philippa Gregory plucked Anne Boleyn’s sister, Mary, from historical…

4 New Horror Novels That Are as Fresh as They Are Terrifying

Emily Ruth Verona’s MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET (Harper Perennial, 195 pp., paperback, $17.99) is…

A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included

The Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue’s new novel has a soft, nebulous title:…

16th-Century Beauty Secrets, Revealed

Shapewear. Stretch mark remedies. Nose jobs. Eyebrow shaping. These things are not…

By Heart: 4 Picture Books About Memory’s Joys and Sorrows

When does a house become a home? Perhaps, the French philosopher Gaston…

What Wonders Do Ray Bradbury’s Letters Reveal?

Ray Bradbury’s fiction is not for everyone. It was not for me,…

She ‘Review Bombed’ Other Writers. Then Her Book Got Pulled.

A fantasy debut author who had a two-book deal with Penguin Random…

The Best Poetry of 2023

Five collections our columnist loved this year. The Victorian-era “object lesson” was…

A Marriage Plot for an Age When Marriage Means Little

Naoise Dolan’s “The Happy Couple” follows 20-something Dubliners hurtling toward the altar,…