Books Briefing
Our culture editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for the newsletter here.
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Clay Hickson The Books Briefing: The Best Books to Get Lost in This Summer
Memoirs and novels that satisfy the urge for high drama: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Niall Carson / PA Images / Getty The Books Briefing: What Literary Letters Reveal
The raw power of correspondence: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Didier Ruef / LUZphoto / Redux The Books Briefing: Finding Place as a Black American
Carving out room for freedom and self-identification: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Peter Turnley / Corbis / Getty The Books Briefing: A Better Way to Raise Sons
Works that reshape ideas about masculinity for fathers and their children: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Carolyn Drake / Magnum photos The Books Briefing: Works That Chart New Queer Narratives
Stories on visibility, self-understanding, and the development of queerness as an identity: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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CLAY HICKSON The Books Briefing: What to Read This Summer
Works that evoke feelings of wonder about the universe, offer smart observations about life, and more: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty The Books Briefing: The Wellness Dystopia
Works that unpack the dubious connection between consumption and health: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / M. Sharkey … The Books Briefing: Why the Graphic-Novel Format Can Be Perfect for Memoirists
Illustrated memoirs offer an expansiveness that prose ones sometimes cannot: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Adam Maida/The Atlantic The Books Briefing: How to Be Happy
Everyone says they want to be happy. But do we mean the same thing? Your weekly guide to the best in books.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty The Books Briefing: The New Literature of Burnout
A memoir of life in Silicon Valley, a capitalist satire, a novel that envisions a better future, and more: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Smith Collection / Gado / Getty The Books Briefing: The New Legacy of America’s Wilderness
Humanity’s long and complex relationships with the natural world: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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MILLENNIUM IMAGES / GALLERY STOCK The Books Briefing: Miss the Movies? Read the Books.
Even if you're not going to theaters or streaming on demand, you can still curl up with the original works: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Books Briefing: Beverly Cleary Saw Kids as They Are
Our staff share some of the children’s books that helped them identify and work through difficult emotions early in life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Callie Lipkin / Gallery Stock The Books Briefing: Foodie Culture Will Change Again
Cookbooks and food memoirs to take you into post-pandemic life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Alfred Gescheidt/Getty The Books Briefing: The Techno-Future Is Now
What’s passed and what’s yet to come: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AFP /Getty The Books Briefing: Meghan Markle’s Story Is Devastating and Familiar
The many people the monarchy has hurt: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Books Briefing: Gender Equality Is Valuable but Vague
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Alex Majoli/Magnum The Books Briefing: The Many Sides of Loneliness
Time alone can offer a restorative pause; it can also just feel lonely: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group / … The Books Briefing: The Works That Changed Our Understanding of America
Exploring the ideas that shape our national life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Fotosearch / Getty / The Atlantic The Books Briefing: Overlooked Stories of Black American Life
American history, Black life, and the resilience of memory: Your weekly guide to the best in books
