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The culture critic Brian Raftery, who wrote about “Jaws” for the Book Review last year, discusses the movie’s anniversary with Gilbert Cruz.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

These comic books and graphic novels include a couple of biographical tales: one about coming out as gay, the other about transitioning.

The Ritz Carlton; a decidedly unwhimsical Turkish inn.

How did streetwear become high fashion? Why are there so many serial killers in the Pacific Northwest? Prize-winning writers tackle these questions, while memoirists consider celibacy, spycraft and Erica Jong.

Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more.

If HBO’s zombie drama has you craving more postapocalyptic action, these books have got you covered.

For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand of tough love has paid dividends.

Florida in the early 1960s; California in the mid-1980s.