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A childhood friendship in upper-class Beijing is tested by envy, ambition and relentless materialism.

Megan C. Reynolds takes on the biggest linguistic battle of our age.

André Breton’s 1928 novel “Nadja” pays homage to a great love and to a great city.

Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is the topic of this month’s discussion.

In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Catch,” a psychological thriller about twin sisters and their mother, whom they had presumed dead.

A new biography of Luis Alvarez captures the details but misses the drama in the career of a scientist whose work ranged from the Manhattan Project to the death of the dinosaurs.

“The Compound” takes place on the set of a deeply twisted reality TV show.

Along with some 100 images of everyday objects and scenes, “Point Blank” will include vignettes by the writers Lucy Sante and Jackie Hamilton.

In her exceptional biography, Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson puts the American fashion icon Claire McCardell back in the pantheon.

Set among divinity school professors unsure of just what they believe, Robert P. Baird’s satirical novel, “The Nimbus,” strains for the heavenly.