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A Riveting Graphic Novel of an Armenian Family in San Francisco

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Book covers of: Now I Surrender, by Alvaro Enrigue, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer; Days of Love and Rage, by Anand Gopal; A Far-flung Life, by M.L. Stedman; You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir, by Christina Applegate; In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man, by Tom Junod; Hooked: A Novel of Obsession, by Asako Yuzuki, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton; Under Water, by Tara Menon; Python’s Kiss: Stories, by Louise Erdrich; Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories, by Amal El-Mohtar; Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel

10 New Books in March Offer Mental Vacations

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Clockwise from top left: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, For The Sun After Long Nights, Cutting Through Rocks, It Was Just an Accident, Martyr!, and Kayhan Kalhor.

A Glimpse of Iran, Through the Eyes of its Artists and Journalists

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A Novel Tracks the Fallout of Free Love, and the Girls Who ‘Went Away’

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Naoko Takei Moore Wants You to Live a Happy Donabe Life

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A New Mother’s Descent Into Madness

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Book covers of: Autobiography of Cotton, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney; Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race, from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson, by Andrew S. Curran; A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, by Michael Pollan; I Give You My Silence, by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West; Kin, by Tayari Jones; Brawler, by Lauren Groff.

February May Be Short on Days — But It Boasts a Long List of New Books

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The Robbie/Elordi ‘Wuthering Heights’ Is Barely ‘Wuthering Heights’ At All

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How ‘The Black Pack’ Used Comedy to Combat Racism

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