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Nadine Gordimer’s stories; Margaret Atwood’s sketches.

Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.

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

The notes, taken after meetings with her psychiatrist, will be published in April as a book, “Notes to John.” They provide a raw account of her life, her work and her complex relationship with her daughter.

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best.

Rachel Ingalls’s lion god; Haruki Murakami’s cat whisperer.

Bill Gates’s first memoir; new novels by Ali Smith, Anne Tyler and TJ Klune; a Booker Prize nominee and more.

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.

Our columnist on four stellar new releases.

Joan Aiken’s neo-Gothic; Joseph Roth’s family epic.