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'Simplify' urges readers to confront and delete the wasteful things we do every day

2026-10-1203:15

If you overlook the book's horribly hedge-fund-sounding subtitle — Do 50% More with 50% Less — the new self-help playbook from the founders of Axios really does offer some useful advice.

Just in time for spooky-reading season, 'Dead Weight' offers a chilling tale of female rage

2026-09-2801:52

Hildur Knutsdottir's new novel opens with a killer opening line: “I have thought long and hard about how I would dispose of a dead body.”

With 'Etna,' author Paul Yoon explores war and its aftermath through a dog's eyes

2026-08-3101:58

Paul Yoon's new novel, "Etna," tells the story of a battle-worn war dog who embarks on an odyssey in hopes of returning home.

In 'Unread,' a man rallies the forces of TikTok to finally learn to read

2026-08-1703:23

In his new book, "Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok," Oliver James tells how he used one of the tools of our post-literate society to finally master the complexities of reading.

Daniel Mason's 'Country People' delivers an absurd but tender portrait of rural New England

2026-07-2002:50

"Country People" is not a rehash of "North Woods," but it exists in a similar magical universe.

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