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Sunday, November 15, 2026

The Reader: A new review source for book lovers

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Most newspapers and wire services have closed the book on sections devoted to book reviews. But Washington Monthly's new online resource, The Reader (co-founded by bestselling author Jonathan Alter), offers book reviews, essays, and recommendations by some of the world's top writers. Jane Pauley reports.

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KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.