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Some advice — helpful and otherwise — on the literary life, from living authors and Aristotle.
Jack Lowery’s “It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful” tells the story of the art collectives whose work became the iconography of a movement.
Edmund Richardson’s latest book revisits the tale of Charles Masson, a runaway British soldier who reinvented himself as an archaeologist and a spy.
Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order” traces the political shifts that have characterized modern American history.
Frans de Waal’s “Different” is a fascinating study of gender among monkeys and apes, but its account of human behavior is less satisfying.
In her essay collection, “Bomb Shelter,” Mary Laura Philpott explores the pleasures, pitfalls and challenges of loving people who will leave.
In “The Lifeguards,” Amanda Eyre Ward imagines what happens when a group of teenagers discovers a dead body.
Rachel Barenbaum’s latest novel is about Chernobyl, yes, but also about comic books, the power of math, finding one’s truth, and love, both biological and found.
Miguel Syjuco’s novel “I Was the President’s Mistress!!” is a political satire told through interviews with a kaleidoscopic cast of characters.
“Tasha” is Brian Morton’s memoir of his complicated relationship with the woman who raised him.
In her novel “The Wise Women,” Gina Sorell asks whether the fate of the shoemaker’s children also applies to the offspring of professional problem solvers.
In Jonathan Galassi’s “School Days,” a sexual harassment investigation uncovers long-buried memories of desire and abuse.
Tara M. Stringfellow’s new novel follows three matrilineal generations of African American women as they navigate decades of life in Tennessee.
In her new book, the former lawyer and best-selling author turns her sights on a different word, one that certainly suits our times.
Richard Overy’s prodigious “Blood and Ruins” is a sweeping history of World War II packed with lessons for the future.
These new science fiction and fantasy novels feature Icelandic horses, memory removal and romance in the multiverse.
In “Bodies on the Line,” Lauren Rankin traces the civilian efforts to protect abortion seekers from those who would stand in their way.
In Peter Swanson’s new novel, “Nine Lives,” some unlucky folks find themselves singled out by a killer.
Thomas Fisher talks about “The Emergency,” and Maud Newton discusses “Ancestor Trouble.”
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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