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Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

In “The Family Dynamic,” Susan Dominus examines what makes some families “exceptional.”

As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape of global conflict today.

In “A Sharp Endless Need,” two female high school athletes get lost in a vortex of passion while grappling with deeper wounds.

In Hilary Plum’s novel “State Champ,” a mediocre receptionist goes on a hunger strike — only to question the purpose of protest.

“Fever Beach” is a wacky blend of Floridian farce and the perverse politics of our time.

Laurence Leamer, the author of “Capote’s Women” and “Hitchcock’s Blondes,” takes the measure of another powerful man and his female muses.

“The Village Beyond the Mist” may or may not have inspired the Studio Ghibli masterpiece, but it’s transporting nonetheless.

“Sleep,” the debut novel by Honor Jones, moves back and forth in time between a 35-year-old mother’s present and her disturbing, unresolved past.

A new novel considers the perplexing life and times of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who worked in the shadow of the Reich.