Dwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,” looked for immersive reads. By Dwight Garner A long friendship between two girls in a poor ...
The good news: Our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list showed surprising affection for works in translation. But where are Sally Rooney, Ayad Akhtar and others “explaining how we live now”? The ...