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In “How to Be a Dissident,” Gal Beckerman offers an inspiring tour of famous renegades with lessons for the rabble-rousers of today.

The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.

Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.

This unusually unfiltered memoir takes us to the hospital, to therapy and to the sometimes hostile set of “Girls.”

Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.

Our columnist reviews this season’s new books.

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

Both authors share uncanny similarities of upbringing. But their culinary paths diverged sharply.

The author of “A Wolf Called Wander” recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the natural world.

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