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Joy Williams distills much learning — from philosophy, religion and history — into 99 stories about the guy who takes your soul.

Ikbal and Idries Shah delighted London society with their romantic tales of the East. The only problem? They made them up.

The journalist Richard Behar communicated extensively with the disgraced financier. His rigorous if irreverent book acknowledges his subject’s humanity.

In Fernanda Trías’s novel “Pink Slime,” one woman holds out in her town after an environmental disaster, trapped in a limbo of indecision.

In “All the Worst Humans,” Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the world’s villains.

Bullwinkel’s debut novel sheds light on the culture of youth women’s boxing through an ensemble cast of complicated characters. It packs a punch.

From silly rhymes to lively sound effects to stealthily-building suspense, these old standbys and new classics have something for everyone.

A brisk new biography by the National Book Award-winning historian Tiya Miles aims to restore the iconic freedom fighter to human scale.

In “The Singularity Is Nearer,” the futurist Ray Kurzweil reckons with a world dominated by artificial intelligence (good) and his own mortality (bad).

Frederick Seidel’s 19th book, “So What,” is filled with politics, disease, luxury and provocation. At almost 90, he’s one of our best contemporary poets.