Conflict and courage > Boaz Yakin and Nick Bertozzi’s tale of post-World War II-era life for one …

Filmmaker Boaz Yakin has teamed with Nick Bertozzi for Jerusalem: A Family Portrait, (First Second, $24.99) a sprawling family drama told as a ...

Topics: World War II , Novels , Books

Stolen Pearl S. Buck novel recovered, to be published four decades after author’s death

New York Daily News 10 hours ago

An unpublished novel of Pearl S. Buck’s has been recovered from Texas where it was stolen away to after the author’s death in Vermont in 1973.

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Hello to All That: 10 Books For Recent Grads

The Hairpin 5 hours ago

Long before Girls debuted, I was addicted to books featuring eye-on-the-main-chance nouvelles. This yen becomes particularly intense in the month of ...

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What our foreign correspondents are reading

Anup Kaphle for The Washington Post 8 hours ago

Believe it or not, summer is here. If you're a voracious reader like some of us, you're most likely in need of a new (or a good, old) book to read.

Topics: World War II , Novels , Books

Book review: Alan Brennert’s nostalgia-laced ‘Palisades Park’

Jeff Turrentine for The Washington Post 1 day ago

“Palisades Park,” the new novel by Alan Brennert, belongs to a genre we might call “nostalgia fiction.” Unlike historical fiction, nostalgia fiction ...