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In “The Radiant Dark,” life is upended after humanity receives a signal from a distant planet. But extraterrestrial contact takes a back seat to more earthly problems.

In her engaging, lyrical “Homesick for a World Unknown,” Miriam Horn tells the story of the famed naturalist George Schaller.

It’s National Poetry Month! Greg Cowles, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends some poetry books while writing poems with fridge magnets.

“If you tell me eight o’clock,” the film and martial arts star said, “I will be there 10 or 15 minutes before and wait.”

The translator Daniel Hahn makes the case that Shakespeare can be appreciated “even if we don’t hear a single one of his words.”

Our columnist says Jordan Harper’s “A Violent Masterpiece” is just that: a violent masterpiece.

The protagonist of this debut novel wants to get her bathroom upgraded. It becomes a portal to a Turkish prison cell instead.

The autobiographical novella, first published 50 years ago, arguably created a new type of guy: the literary fly fisherman.

In May, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Lerner’s new novel, a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.

In these books, an emperor, an officer and an orphan look for anything that resembles a clear victory in the fog of war.