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Best 2024 Books About Love

NONFICTION

I WILL DO BETTER

by Charles Bock

A uniquely forthright and powerful addition to the literature of fatherhood. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

SEEING THROUGH

by Ricky Ian Gordon

A superb memoir that reveals the pleasures—but far more, the pains—of the creative life. Full review >

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NONFICTION

LIKE LOVE

by Maggie Nelson

A revelatory gathering of beloved art and artists presented with distinctive prose. Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

LINGUAPHILE

by Julie Sedivy

Sedivy blends a tender memoir with a fascinating study of how language defines the human condition. Full review >

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