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“Dodge City,” by Patrick deWitt, follows a young man on a road trip to Canada to avoid conscription in Vietnam.

In October, the Book Review Book Club will read Cline’s latest, about a man with dementia who has decided to end his life on his own terms.

A new book by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz recounts how violent resistance by a group of armed Black men fueled the fight over slavery.

Lois Lowry pioneered dystopian fiction for young readers. “Building 903” adds to her legacy.

In his new book, the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio argues that without feelings, true intelligence cannot exist.

If James wins for “The Disappearers” or Stuart for “John of John,” it would be a rare second win for an author in the history of the prestigious literary award.

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and former Columbia graduate student, offers an account of his ordeal and explains why his work continues.

In “True North,” the veteran travel writer Paul Theroux crisscrosses the country of his forebears for insights about how it differs from his own.

“Swan Song,” Charles Spencer’s memoir of Lady Diana, is full of love and vengeance.

Doireann Ni Ghriofa’s “Said the Dead” is a fusion of biography, memoir and poetry drawn from century-old casebooks.