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In “Enough Already,” the veteran actor dishes about marriage, motherhood and what really matters to her right now.
An excerpt from “Black Cake,” by Charmaine Wilkerson
An excerpt from “Mercy Street,” by Jennifer Haigh
Ruta Sepetys’s latest historical Y.A. novel, “I Must Betray You,” follows the life of a teenager who is blackmailed to become an informer for a repressive Communist regime.
The Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk‘s novel “The Books of Jacob” is based on the life of the self-proclaimed messiah Jacob Frank.
In her memoir, “In the Shadow of the Mountain,” Silvia Vasquez-Lavado recounts how she climbed Mount Everest and how she transcended a past of abuse and alcoholism.
Julia May Jonas’s debut novel, “Vladimir,” taps into a timeless story with several timely twists.
Three new books (by Adrian Nathan West, Daniel Black and Obed Silva) explore difficult family dynamics, each challenging in its own way.
Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel, “Black Cake,” shows how many times a woman can cook up a new life and what happens when she runs out of steam.
In “Mercy Street,” Jennifer Haigh examines a controversial issue from multiple perspectives.
Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” explores how Hollywood wooed the Chinese market — and became the villain of the piece.
Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel is a musical bildungsroman cleverly contained within a literary thriller.
“What’s Good,” by Daniel Levin Becker, is a wide-ranging examination of hip-hop and its language games.
In Jessica Au’s prizewinning novel “Cold Enough for Snow,” two generations communicate with words and what’s left unsaid.
In Calla Henkel’s debut novel, “Other People’s Clothes,” two American art students take a new city by storm, with seismic consequences.
Four new books investigate modern warfare by examining limited conflicts by great powers.
A centenarian’s life mirrors the turbulence of her country’s in “Violeta.”
In his dizzying new novel, “My Annihilation,” Fuminori Nakamura destabilizes the reader at every turn.
Perry discusses her new book, and Oliver Roeder talks about “Seven Games.”
The adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has written a biography of Ernest Shackleton, telling the life story of the famed explorer while also describing his own exploits.
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