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Historical novels are a perfect combination of escapism and enrichment. Through these works of fiction, readers can learn ...

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The Secret History of Women at the CIA” by Liza Mundy is an eye-opening narrative about the previously overlooked and ...

The books of Brian Castro are postmodern pantomimes that mug the dictates of genre, without ever quite escaping them.

In time for the holiday season, the survey of 2,000 American readers looked at book gifting trends, including some of the ...

Perhaps it’s inevitable that, as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary, attention has begun to ...

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As the adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals airs on TV, we pay tribute to the escapist novels that had it all – sex, money and glamour ...

Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day. CBC Books has curated a list of titles by Canadian authors that give insight into personal ...