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Karan Mahajan’s new novel, “The Complex,” tracks the fortunes of a political family in a rapidly changing India.

In an affecting new memoir, Tom Junod, a prizewinning magazine writer, grapples with unsettling discoveries about his larger-than-life dad.

From his perch in Hawaii, the hero of Patricia Finn’s first novel, “The Golden Boy,” revisits his dark past in rural Ontario.

In “Days of Love and Rage,” Anand Gopal creates an indelible portrait of revolution and civil war during the Assad regime.

In Andrew Martin’s keenly observed new novel, a group of friends navigate a society reshaped by the pandemic.

In “Whidbey,” three women reckon with the aftermath of sexual assault.

“Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!” is a familiar reminder that growing up in showbiz can lead to awards and adulation, but also to heartache.

“Gunk,” a novel by Saba Sams, follows a woman through the trials and tenuous jobs of young adulthood.

A newly released collection of the Australian master’s short fiction shows her sympathy, her virtuosity and her ear.

In “Muv,” the biographer Rachel Trethewey looks at the Mitford family matriarch.