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With a first novel that chronicles a love affair between two young men, 23-year-old Ani Kayode Somtochukwu asserts a commitment to “queer resistance.”
In “Chaos Kings,” Scott Patterson profiles the financiers who build their portfolios around daily losses, and — when disaster strikes — seismic gains.
In a new memoir, the historian Martha Hodes explores her recollections of being held hostage on an airplane in 1970.
“Be Mine” is the fifth book featuring Ford’s keen observer of American life, Frank Bascombe.
In a new novel by Andre Dubus III, a man searches for hope and dignity after a long run of misfortune.
“Battle of Ink and Ice” revives the headline-grabbing debate over which explorer reached the North Pole soonest — and which newspaper broke the news.
In “Lucky Dogs,” Helen Schulman spins a #MeToo case into an irreverent but surprisingly sympathetic look at two women on opposite sides of a sexual assault scandal.
An artist refashions herself amid personal and global crises in Deborah Levy’s new novel, “August Blue.”
An editor recommends old and new books.
In “The Whispers,” Ashley Audrain explores the combustibility of secrets and rage among mothers in a small community.
In “Messalina,” Honor Cargill-Martin looks at the limited evidence with empathy, arguing that a notorious empress was also a canny politician.
In her new novel, “The Wind Knows My Name,” the prolific author introduces characters who narrowly survive real-life events.
Larry Rohter’s “Into the Amazon” celebrates the exploits of Cândido Rondon, the trailblazing explorer, scientist, statesman and more.
A lawsuit says the edict “forces bookstores and libraries to self-censor in a way that is antithetical to their core purposes.”
Salamishah Tillet, a Pulitzer-winning critic, discusses the book she has read the most over the course of her life — Toni Morrison’s classic novel of slavery and trauma.
The author writes about “the body in the world.” In her new book “August Blue,” she explores the split self via the story of a woman confronted with her double.
A new book of photographs by Larry Sultan captures recreational swimmers at public pools in 1970s and ‘80s California.
Henry Hoke’s latest novel, “Open Throat,” follows an observant — and starving — cougar living in the Los Angeles hills surrounding the Hollywood sign.
Decades after “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” an anthology and a novel let readers see periods through the eyes of diverse protagonists.
Stephen King reviews S.A. Cosby’s latest novel, “All the Sinners Bleed.”
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