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In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world.

“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals.

Two new memoirs show the commonalities — and differences — in the end of every marriage.

In Jeremy Gordon’s novel, “See Friendship,” a journalist reinvestigates his past, only to discover the story he was told about his friend’s death wasn’t true.

In Charlotte McConaghy’s novel “Wild Dark Shore,” the caretakers of a remote research base brave an escalating crisis.

In her memoir, “Raising Hare,” Chloe Dalton describes how a leveret changed her outlook on life during the pandemic and beyond.

Harvey’s novel about six astronauts living and working on the International Space Station won the 2024 Booker Prize.

In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “We Do Not Part,” the Nobel laureate Han Kang’s novel about history, tragedy and the work of remembering.

Highly personal tributes by the writers Henry Alford and Paul Lisicky each view the singer’s life and artistry through their own prism.

Leonard S. Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new generation.