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Gripping thrillers, hockey romance, political history, an Appalachian Trail memoir and more.

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

For decades, filmmakers have been borrowing plot lines and metaphors from Homer’s epic for adventures set in different eras and realities.

The Netflix series and its feature-length finale are based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman. Here’s a reminder of the events of the characters and where their stories left off.

Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.

Ten recommendations for fans of Mary Pope Osborne’s time-travel chapter book series.

In “The Face,” Fay Bound-Alberti examines our relationship to our most public features.

Novels by Colson Whitehead and Daniel Mason, the final “Heartstopper” graphic novel, gripping thrillers, lush romantasy, true crime and more.

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

Some will have you mentally arranging flowers for your own happy day. Others provide the vicarious thrill of watching it all burn.