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In Heidi Reimer’s novel, “The Mother Act,” a daughter grapples with being parented (or not) by an actress who happily mines her life for material.

The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.”

She wrote her much-anticipated second novel, “Real Americans,” while also creating the Ruby, a co-working collective for writers and other artists.

“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge.

The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is such a thing as publishing too soon.

New novels from R.O. Kwon, Kevin Kwan and Miranda July; a reappraisal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; memoirs from Brittney Griner and Kathleen Hanna — and more.

In “The Age of Grievance,” the New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni chronicles the nation’s descent into constant kvetching.

Her distinctive prose and sharp eye were tuned to an outsider’s frequency, telling us about ourselves in essays that are almost reflexively skeptical. Here’s where to start.

“Lublin,” a novel by Manya Wilkinson, brings together a quest fable and a dark history with disarming humor.

In a new book, an anthropologist investigates the makeshift treatment centers that have proliferated during the country’s war on drugs.

Three new arrivals help readers make sense of our mental health crisis. They also offer solidarity.

The Finnish artist and writer Tove Jansson had a love-hate relationship with her most famous creations.

Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.

An illustrator in New York City imagines the personalities of some local bookshops and how they might be embodied.

In Lily Meyer’s first novel, “Short War,” love and family ties are tested by a nation’s upheaval.

The decision by the free expression group came after intense criticism of its response to the war in Gaza. A wave of participants had pulled out of the festival in protest.

The writer Dolly Alderton has long had an avid following in her native England, but with her best-selling comic novel “Good Material” she’s become a trans-Atlantic success.

Philippa Langley devoted years to the search for Richard III’s remains. Now, she’s trying to crack a 15th-century cold case: Did he really assassinate his nephews?

Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat’s “Made in Asian America” spotlights young people who defy erasure and make their own history.

A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.