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Betsy Lerner’s assured first novel, “Shred Sisters,” maps the effects of a daughter’s volatility on her parents and younger sister.

The third novel in the author’s Morning Star series considers how the extreme can engulf the everyday.

Jean Hanff Korelitz follows her hit thriller with the related tale of a novelist hounded by anonymous threats. But this writer aggressively aims to turn the page.

In 2003 the Nobel laureate had a torrid romance with Marc Marie, a French acquaintance. In “The Use of Photography,” they deliver a vivid chronicle of their relationship in photos and essays.

Yuri Herrera’s novel “Season of the Swamp” portrays the antebellum South through the eyes of a humbled leader in exile.

The protagonist of Rivers Solomon’s novel “Model Home” has tried to outrun childhood trauma, but their ghosts lure them right back.

In what the author says is his last novel, both a family and a society are on the verge of collapse.

The Japanese author, frequently mentioned as a possible Nobel laureate, has a new novel, the second in her “Scattered All Over the Earth” trilogy.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

In “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.