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The good news: Our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list showed surprising affection for works in translation. But where are Sally Rooney, Ayad Akhtar and others “explaining how we live now”?

The novel became the beach read of the summer, with the shark at its center embodying the unease of an era of political and social upheaval.

Sometimes we forget that moving is not just about goodbyes. It’s also about hellos.

The writer and director, famous for making theatergoers squirm in their seats, says he feels most at home wherever the outsiders gather in his native city.

The books in this month’s column have something in common: unforgettable main characters.

In a memoir and a novel, the characters deal with grief by singing in front of strangers.

New novels from J. Courtney Sullivan and Liz Moore, a memoir by a “hacktivist” member of Anonymous — and more.

A dinner party at the other woman’s house; the evening before a jail sentence.

As a new book by Ramin Setoodeh shows, Donald Trump brought the vulgar theatrics he honed on TV to his life in politics.

Jake Gyllenhaal steps in for Harrison Ford in a new, highly strung adaptation of Scott Turow’s legal thriller for Apple TV+.