Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel

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Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel

By Kang Jiyoung; translated by Paige Morris

Rumors of a middle-aged female assassin roil Seoul’s underworld.

Slither

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Slither

By Stephen S. Hall

If not Satan, why Satan-shaped?

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Our Week in Reviews: 6/6/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

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    Beyond The Book

    5 Books They Should Teach in School

    It’s back-to-school time! As teens across the country head to English class, they’ll surely be assigned a reading list. Here are five books that should be on it, but probably aren’t.

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    All I Have in This World: A Novel

    Lives intersect on a used-car lot.

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    By Gordon Corrigan

    A Great and Glorious Adventure: A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England

    A British partisan details the history and significance of the legendary, and lengthy, conflict.

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    The Stager: A Novel

    By Susan Coll

    The Stager: A Novel

    This comedy set in the Washington, DC, suburbs focuses on a family victim to a stale real estate market.

    Author Q&A

    An Interview with Mona Simpson

    In case being Steve Jobs' long-lost sister or the inspiration for a character on “The Simpsons” isn't interesting enough for you, Mona Simpson is also a very good writer.

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    The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee

    The notoriously reclusive author opens up to a visiting journalist.

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    Replay: A Thriller

    By Marc Levy

    Replay: A Thriller

    After traveling back in time, Andrew Stilman has two months to figure out who murders him and avoid dying a second time.