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

In “End of Days,” Chris Jennings recounts how a collision between apocalyptic Christianity and federal overreach led to a deadly standoff in Idaho.

In “The Boundless Deep,” Richard Holmes explores the forces that formed the young Alfred Tennyson.

Rebecca Novack’s novel, “Murder Bimbo,” is a devious and outrageously entertaining satire that skewers America’s surreal political landscape.

In “Emilio Pucci,” the subject’s niece and her husband explore the early life of the Italian designer who dressed the jet set.

A new book by Shelley Puhak dismantles the legend of Hungary’s infamous “blood countess,” separating fact from myth.

As usual, Lionel Shriver sets out to puncture pieties, but “A Better Life” feels full of easy targets.

Helen Goh, the British baker and therapist, thinks romantic treats can be tricky. She advises tailoring them to the length of your relationship.

The formidable novelist and philosopher, who died in 1999, thought her poetry was mediocre. It’s not.

Gurnaik Johal follows seven characters in interconnected narratives about climate change and the rise of authoritarianism.