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The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet.

A new book by the historian Melvin Patrick Ely draws on court records to highlight the complex relationships between enslavers and the enslaved.

In “Empire of Skulls,” Paul Stob explores how a mania took over America.

After devoting her first novel to her wild mother, Violaine Huisman focuses her second on her father, a man who amassed wealth, love affairs and stories.

Major publishing houses risk unwittingly putting out books generated with A.I. tools. Authors and readers are frustrated, nervous and grasping for solutions.

In his excellent “The Oracle’s Daughter,” Harrison Hill looks at the people and the questions beyond the headlines.

Zealous officials burned their predecessors’ romance novels. Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp.

Tae Keller’s new novel, “When Tomorrow Burns,” offers reassuring answers to the question, “What do you do when your biggest fear comes true?”

Merlin Holland has spent decades dismantling the myths that grew up around his grandfather. He hopes his new book may finally settle the record.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.