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Which Book Should You Read, Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

A weird, hypnotic fairy tale about a magical gingerbread recipe? Made for an Aquarius. A collection of essays about a perfectionist learning to chill out? Total Virgo bait. Here's the best...

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Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Is the Best Novel You’ll Read This Season (and Maybe This Year)

Two teenagers have sexual chemistry and passionately—if awkwardly—hook up. Such is the deceptively simplistic beginning of Normal People , an exceptional new novel by Irish writer Sally...

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The Creator of the ‘Cathy’ Comics Channels Nora Ephron in Her Sweet and Funny New Essay Collection

At its peak, Cathy Guisewite's iconic Cathy comic strip (you know, “ack!”) appeared in more than 1,400 newspapers. Now, eight years after retiring Cathy the character (who graced...

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6 New Books That New Yorkers (Especially) Will Love

Currently on our nightstand: career advice from an art-world mogul, Brooklyn's secret queer history and a spy novel like no other spy novel we've read before. Here's what we're digging into...

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Which Book Should You Read, Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

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Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Is the Best Novel You’ll Read This Season (and Maybe This Year)

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The Creator of the ‘Cathy’ Comics Channels Nora Ephron in Her Sweet and Funny New Essay Collection

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6 New Books That New Yorkers (Especially) Will Love

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From Tweets to Novels, Here’s Everything PureWow’s Books Editor Reads in a Day

9 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in April

What New Book Should You Read This Spring?

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6 Books That Prove L.A. Makes the Most Compelling Backdrop

Editors' Picks

9 Quintessential Summer Novels

9 Quintessential Summer Novels

10 Reasons Caitlyn Jenner Should Write A Book

10 Reasons Caitlyn Jenner Should Write a Book

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10 Great "American" Novels

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This Book Uncovers the Shocking Ways the World Is Designed for Men (and How We Can Fix It)

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5 Books to Read If You’re Obsessed with ‘Game of Thrones’

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Star-Crossed Lovers, Rock Stars & a Really Cute Dog: 6 Books to Read Before You See the Movies

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5 Books to Read If You Can’t Get Enough of Marie Kondo

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11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in March

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14 of Our Editors Share the Best Book They Read in the Last Year

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This Moving Novel About Sisterhood Is a Book Club Essential

15 Books to Help You Get Over the Breakup from Hell

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10 New YA Books to Get Excited About This Season

The 10 Best Food Memoirs to Devour Right Now

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Elizabeth McCracken's First Novel in 18 Years Is a Wonderful and Weird Book About Bowling

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