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Nonfiction: Women of Thrones
Sarah Gristwood’s group portrait of the 16th century’s ruling women, “Game of Queens.”
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Crime: The 10 Best Crime Novels of 2016
The Book Review’s Crime columnist chooses her favorite books from the past year.
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Otherworldly: The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Two space colonies fall into confrontation amid a refugee crisis; in an alternate steampunk history, King Leopold’s minions are driven from the Congo; and a vampire gang war rages in Mexico City.
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Nonfiction: 400 Years of Jerusalem Culture
“Jerusalem, 1000-1400,” edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb, accompanies a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Nonfiction: A New Memoir by Robbie Robertson
“Testimony,” a memoir by Robbie Robertson, ends where “The Last Waltz” ends, with the Band disbanding.
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Nonfiction: Dada and Beyond: The Many Artistic Lives of Francis Picabia
“Francis Picabia” attempts to chart a zigzag career that made up in energy what it lacked in depth of exploration.
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Nonfiction: Meeting the Greats in ‘Vanity Fair’s Writers on Writers’
This anthology, edited by Graydon Carter, collects some of the magazine’s best writing about notable authors.
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Nonfiction: An Artist’s Lesson on How to Appreciate Art
In “How to See,” David Salle aims to help the reader make sense of the sometimes perplexing world of contemporary art.
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Nonfiction: David Hockney: A Book of Paintings and ‘A History of Pictures’
A catalog of Hockney’s work and “A History of Pictures,” a lavishly illustrated dialogue between the artist and the art critic Martin Gayford.
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Nonfiction: Arctic Folly: In Search of a Place That Doesn’t Exist
David Welky’s “A Wretched and Precarious Situation” tells the rather less epic story of the Crocker Land expedition.
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Nonfiction: Marina Abramovic: What’s Art Without Danger?
Marina Abramovic’s engrossing “Walk Through Walls” makes us realize how partial our knowledge about the artist and her work was.
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Nonfiction: A Look at J. M. W. Turner, Master of Landscapes and Networking
Franny Moyle’s “Turner” provides a clear picture of the very unclear life of this inventive artist.
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Nonfiction: Name Those Tunes: David Hajdu’s Pop Music Memories
In “Love for Sale,” David Hajdu traces the history of pop music with the friendly authority of a favorite teacher.
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Nonfiction: Great Fictional Worlds From the Past 2,000 Years
“Literary Wonderlands,” edited by Laura Miller, is a compendium of fantastic worlds that exist only in the imagination.
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Nonfiction: The Story of Claude Monet’s Water-Lily Masterworks
Ross King’s “Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies” is an engaging and authoritative portrait of the aged artist and his travails.
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The Shortlist: Reading and Writing
New books about the art of storytelling, the writing life, reading and the literary origins of the financial crisis.
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The Story Behind This Week’s Best Sellers
Paulo Coelho’s “The Spy,” a fictional retelling of the life of Mata Hari, is No.18 on the extended hardcover fiction list.
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Nonfiction: A History of the Menorah
“The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel,” Steven Fine’s richly illustrated academic study.
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Nonfiction: Queen Elizabeth I’s Islam
Jerry Brotton’s “The Sultan and the Queen” is about England’s first sustained interaction with the Muslim world.
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