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John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Sally Rooney’s new novel explores the relationship between two brothers grieving the death of their father, and follows their complicated love lives with Rooney’s usual panache.

A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization.

In “Feast While You Can,” two women who have long been nemeses rely on each other to face an ancient terror that has re-emerged.

With the first volume of a new series and an instructional book on magic, the “Watchmen” author wants an imaginary revolution.

The English writer Sarah Moss brings her trademark subtlety and sense of the ominous to her harrowing memoir.

The young language-deprived protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s novel “Deer Run Home” tells her own story, in verse.

In “Night of Power,” Robert Fisk’s posthumous war stories focus on the victims and perpetrators in conflicts across the Middle East.

Oguz Atay stretched the possibilities of fiction and critiqued his changing nation with playful, surreal stories.

“The Price of Power,” by Michael Tackett, reveals a legislator for whom political survival has been a top priority — even when it means supporting a “sleazeball” for the presidency.