Interesting characters populate “The People of Forever Are Not Afraid,” “Big Ray,” “The Garden of Evening Mists,” “Black Fridays,” “Love Bomb” and even the memoir “The Good Girls Revolt.”
“The Forgiven” explores a clash of worlds between Moroccans and Western visitors who converge at a weekend-long bacchanal in a desert villa.
Jason Chin gracefully combines science and illustrative art in this story of the Galápagos, beginning with an island’s “birth” six million years ago.
In “Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World” Evan Thomas examines the contradictions of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president.
Mr. Keen was a scholar who re-examined the code used among knights and determined it was meant to protect the warrior class rather than to emphasize good deeds.
Ms. Torrès was best known for “Women’s Barracks,” considered a landmark in lesbian fiction.
Damien Echols, one of the defendants in the notorious West Memphis Three murder case and the author of a new memoir, finds himself an unlikely and uncomfortable celebrity.
From the silent movies to the talkies to the digital age, Ty Burr chronicles the cult of movie stars and their fans.
Junot Díaz’s story collection “This Is How You Lose Her” follows the developing life of the Dominican-American character Yunior, particularly his relations with women.
The novelist Ayad Akhtar is confounding expectations in his screenplays and his debut play, “Disgraced,” set for the Claire Tow Theater.
Davy Rothbart, a founder of Found magazine, brings his voyeurism to New Haven in his 75-city tour with his brother Peter.
U Tint Swe, head of Myanmar’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, is closing down the office after 48 years amid democratic reforms.
Starting on Friday night and through Sunday are free or dirt-cheap events featuring Jeffrey Eugenides, Denis Johnson and Kay Larson, as well as an art book swap and a Scrabble tournament.
“Life After Death,” by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three murder case in Arkansas, is a dual memoir, partly about his prison life and partly about his tumultuous upbringing.
Responding to objections raised by scholars, writers, artists and others, the New York Public Library has revised its plan to remove most of the books from its flagship research center.
The writer Salman Rushdie discusses why a memoir of his years in hiding is titled “Joseph Anton,” what a toll that period took on his personal life and how to determine if you are being followed while driving.
In “Joseph Anton” Salman Rushdie recounts the death threat against him and his years in hiding.
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Junot Díaz’s new collection of stories features a familiar character, Yunior, and themes of family history, cultural mores and romantic infidelity.
The actress and author of a new children’s book, “The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit,” has contemplated throwing the writer Michel Houellebecq across a room.
Claire Vaye Watkins’s stories show a concern for knowing the past and surviving the present.
Pankaj Mishra’s group portrait of the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India and the Muslim world.
Zadie Smith’s novel presents characters of varying (and sometimes mixed) races, ethnic groups and classes.
Alex Witchel describes how her vibrant mother’s personality vanished despite her robust body.
A “lost” novel by James M. Cain, the author of “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and “Double Indemnity.”
The actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy takes a deeply personal journey amid some of the world’s most far-flung places.
Though not strictly a memoir, David Byrne’s book about music explores his own personal and professional experiences.
New books by Guy Gugliotta, Janet Groth, Siri Hustvedt and Bryan Sykes.
Slightly below the radar, the Betsy-Tacy children’s book series has captivated generations of fans.
This week, Junot Díaz talks about “This Is How You Lose Her”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Alex Witchel discusses her memoir “All Gone”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
“The Price of Politics” by Bob Woodward lands at No. 2 on the nonfiction list this week, and now all 17 of his books have been hardcover best sellers.
We separate authors like James Joyce and John Grisham into “highbrow” and “lowbrow.” So are some books just better than others?
Ray Bradbury didn’t just extrapolate the evolution of gadgetry; he foresaw how it would stunt and deform our psyches.
Mr. Saxton was a writer ostracized as a Communist, who went on to become a prominent cultural historian, transforming his life in his 40s.
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Books about the bank robber Willie Sutton, freedom of assembly and the impeachment of a New York governor.
Is this the fall of the onetime angel in the house of feminism, or is Naomi Wolf restoring sex to the country’s continuing conversation about gender-wide frustration?
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