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Young, single and broke, a new mom finds creative ways to stay afloat in Rufi Thorpe’s deft comic novel “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”

Her first novel, “Ask Me Again,” follows a young woman from high school in New York City to an elite university, to her early adulthood among the political class in Washington, D.C.

In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems.

The pandemic fueled a boom in social justice movements and indie bookstores. The two come together in these worker-owned shops.

Her new novel, “Parade,” considers the perplexity and solipsism of the creative life.

In Marcela Fuentes’s novel, “Malas,” a troubled teenager finds refuge in music and in a recluse with a dark history.

In his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the Hollywood hyphenate Griffin Dunne, best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” recounts his privileged upbringing.

In a new book, the medical historian Howard Markel homes in on Darwin’s physical and emotional travails — and the colleagues who rallied to his cause.

Lock the windows and bolt the doors before picking up Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie.”

In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with the world.