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Sheffield is one of the best writers about music and pop culture, and here he takes a complex look – just look at that subhead – at the work of Taylor Swift. Handout/Dey Street Books/TNS Recently, I ...

Narrowing down the best books of 2025 to a list of 15 inevitably means leaving out fine works, including Shadow Ticket, the first novel by Thomas Pynchon in 12 years, and We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize ...

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The holiday is booked, the case is packed, and now it's time for the most important question of all... what book are you taking away with you? There's not much better than relaxing with a great read ...