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  1. PhotoSimon & Schuster started as a crossword publisher and has since grown to encompass dozens of imprints and a backlist of more than 30,000 titles.
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    Penguin Random House to Buy Simon & Schuster

    ViacomCBS agreed to sell the 96-year-old company in a deal that potentially creates a megapublisher.

    By Alexandra Alter and Edmund Lee

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      The 10 Best Books of 2020

      The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year.

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    Globetrotting

    Your sneak preview of books coming out in 2020 from around the world, updated each season.

    By The New York Times, Gray Beltran, Rebecca Lieberman and Tammy Tarng

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    100 Notable Books of 2020

    The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review

  3. Recommendations

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    What to Read Right Now

    Book recommendations from editors at the New York Times Book Review.

  4. The Book Review Podcast

    Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

    On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstanding fiction and nonfiction.

Books of The Times

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  1. Learn a New Cookie Recipe or Make Invisible Ink

    This week, listen to the music of Billie Holiday, attend a fashion workshop or get your tarot cards read.

    By Katherine Cusumano and Emma Grillo

  2. Malgré l’affaire Matzneff, le milieu littéraire reste muré dans l’entre-soi

    Le scandale autour de l’écrivain pédophile a levé le voile sur l’hermétisme du monde de l’édition en France, où les prix s’attribuent souvent entre amis.

    By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut

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  3. Pedophile Scandal Can’t Crack the Closed Circles of Literary France

    The scandal surrounding the writer Gabriel Matzneff was not limited to his pedophilia. It also opened a window on the entrenched and clubby nature of many of France’s elite institutions.

    By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut

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  4. Her Antenna Is Tuned to the Quietest Voices

    Yu Miri won a National Book Award for “Tokyo Ueno Station,” a novel whose main character is the ghost of a homeless construction worker.

    By Motoko Rich

  5. Children’s Books

    Gift Books for Children (That Adults Will Also Love)

    Upside-down fairy tales, a neon periodic table, the art of Ramona Quimby and more.

    By Jennifer Krauss

  6. ‘Black Beauty’ Review: A Melodrama in Need of Rougher Edges

    Set in the present day, this adaptation of the classic children’s novel forgets why the story of a horse surviving the maliciousness of humans has endured for so long.

    By Robert Daniels

  7. Nonfiction

    Crisscrossing the Country on Highways Big and Small

    In “The National Road,” Tom Zoellner set out to discover what connects us as Americans at a time when divisions run deep.

    By Jody Rosen

  8. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week

    Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

  9. Best Art Books of 2020

    The art critics of The Times select their favorites from this year’s crop of art books.

    By Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Siddhartha Mitter

  10. Why This Billionaire Will Never Leave New York

    For the cosmetics mogul and philanthropist Leonard Lauder, the city, with its museums, public transit and parks, is an explorer’s delight.

    By Katherine Rosman