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In Carys Davies’s latest novel, a financially struggling pastor is dispatched to a remote island to evict its lone resident.

The micro becomes macro in Tal Danino’s surreal, mesmerizing photographs of bacteria.

That kids’ classic “completely changed my life,” says the former football star, now the University of Colorado’s “Coach Prime.” His new book is “Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field.”

In his unsparing novel “Wolf at the Table,” Adam Rapp observes a household in denial about the dark force growing up in its midst.

In “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt says we’re failing children — and takes a firm stand against tech.

In her first essay collection, Becca Rothfeld demonstrates that sometimes, more really is more.

Stephen Breyer means well. Why is his new book, “Reading the Constitution,” so exasperating?

In “Death Row Welcomes You,” Steven Hale follows the cases of men in an American prison awaiting execution, examining what they did as well as the people they’ve become.

In “Worry,” Alexandra Tanner puts a humorous spin on the fixations, disappointments, aversions and maladjustments of adulthood.

In “Age of Revolutions,” the CNN host promises to shed light on four centuries of social upheavals and to offer insights on the global fractures of the present.