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Looking for a book? You can read “The Lover,” by Marguerite Duras—about the relationship between a teenage girl and an older man—in one weekend. Find other short-book recommendations here: https://t.co/1FdQugDYwS

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Many of Domenico Starnone’s characters have managed to leave their working-class Neapolitan childhood behind. But at what cost? @IdraNovey writes about the Italian writer’s potent early novel “The House on Via Gemito”: https://t.co/9EuAUE1V2k

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A potent portrait of social alienation, "No Longer Human" still reads with an apt urgency. @janewhykim on Osamu Dazai's cult classic, 75 years after it was first published: https://t.co/DUNXPIoReK

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“Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS” is a complicated and fascinating account of how the South Korean pop legends took over the world, @lenikacruz writes: https://t.co/EQbStlRTvh

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A Virginia school board recently demanded the removal of “The Handmaid’s Tale” from school-library shelves. But, @MargaretAtwood writes in The Atlantic, trying to stop young people from reading something will only make them want to read it more. https://t.co/Oa6ZE4kEKY https://t.co/ugiaLlCTiM

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Many of Domenico Starnone’s characters have managed to leave their working-class Neapolitan childhood behind. But at what cost? @IdraNovey writes about the Italian writer’s potent early novel “The House on Via Gemito”: https://t.co/9EuAUE1V2k

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Today’s book recommendation: Simone de Beauvoir’s “Inseparable” draws from her own childhood friendship—one that deeply influenced her views on freedom and human desire. https://t.co/yMsPvzSknb

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Planetary warming is creeping into all kinds of writing. In Paolo Bacigalupi's "cli-fi" novel, "The Water Knife," a petty thug turned political assassin tries to track down a valuable water source in the Southwest. Find more book recommendations here: http://on.theatln.tc/EXG0lwW

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“Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS” is a complicated and fascinating account of how the South Korean pop legends took over the world, @lenikacruz writes: https://t.co/ndI36HhDSI

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Today’s book recommendation: Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel, "Lapvona." Moshfegh creates a world that you definitely don’t want to live in, but from which you can’t look away, Maya Chung writes. Find more suggestions from our summer reading guide here: https://t.co/ofUU5AFz2C