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“The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, explores the fluidity of human existence.
In “To Fight Against This Age,” Rob Riemen argues that culture and humanism are the best weapons against modern anti-liberal trends.
The law professor and author Amy Chua never read parenting guides when her children were young — “Maybe that was my problem!” — and didn’t intend to write one with “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.”
In “Directorate S,” Steve Coll recounts America’s seemingly futile search for victory in Afghanistan.
The foundation is adding a new prize to recognize works in translation.
Ronen Bergman’s blend of history and investigative reporting is a humane book about a contentious subject.
“The Wizard and the Prophet,” Charles C. Mann’s new double biography of William Vogt and Norman Borlaug, presents the essential debate of environmentalism.
The author of “The Crossover” is looking for risky, unconventional children’s books.
Whether or not you’re nursing a heartbreak, these tales of unsettled passions will appeal to the romantic in all of us.
Two new books by virtual reality experts, Jaron Lanier and Jeremy Bailenson, describe how the technology will change us.
Jon McGregor’s “Reservoir 13” looks beneath the surface of ordinary lives over the course of a dozen-plus years.
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
“That’s What She Said,” by the former USA Today editor in chief Joanne Lipman, tackles gender politics at work with sympathy and reams of data.
We have the “beach read” and the “airplane read,” but what about those books best suited for the subway?
Based on a true story, Tom Malmquist’s novel “In Every Moment We Are Still Alive” depicts a father struggling to cope with a tragic loss.
Using her own story as a cautionary tale, the actress — who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault last fall — lays out the ways the entertainment industry fails young women.
The Trump administration has removed protections for 200,000 Salvadorans who have been allowed to live here legally since 2001.
David Frum talks about “Trumpocracy,” and Helen Thorpe discusses “The Newcomers.”
In Craig Cliff’s first novel, “The Mannequin Makers,” he tells a multigenerational story about an island shaped by its isolation.
In “Here in Berlin,” the Cuban-American novelist Cristina García uses a chorus of voices to explore the long, ghostly reach of Germany’s history.
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