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Five women reckon with the joys, struggles and shifting priorities of adulthood in Emily Nemens’s new novel, “Clutch.”

In his new book, the writer goes deep on a sport that dominates American cultural life — but possibly not for long.

In the slyly charming “The End of Romance,” Lily Meyer puts a graduate student with big ideas about love and autonomy to the personal test.

In this debut novel, set in 1700s England, five sisters are rumored to turn into a pack of dogs.

In February, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Emily Brontë’s Gothic story of love and revenge.

In “The Oak and the Larch,” Sophie Pinkham examines a vast history and culture through the branches of its ancient trees.

In his long-awaited follow-up to “We Are the Ship,” Kadir Nelson paints people, places and endeavors relegated to oblivion’s sidelines back onto the hardwood.

Two new books delve into our primal desire to feel valued and worthy of attention.

In “Hated by All the Right People,” the journalist Jason Zengerle looks at the conservative pundit’s many transformations.

In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends surrounding a complex ancient culture.