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Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.

Our columnist looks at the best recent releases.

I emigrated from the Soviet Union decades ago, and recently toured Thomas Jefferson’s home with my American-born history-buff son.

As a child, he discovered that his father — and therefore he and his siblings — had been passing for white. For the rest of his life, he identified as Black.

In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.

The best-selling author Rachel Gillig recommends books that bring the haunted hallmarks of Gothic fiction into enchanted settings.

The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.

The author of “A Wolf Called Wander” recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the natural world.

These novels marry good mysteries with unforgettable characters and the twists and turns of the investigative process to deliver page-turning thrills.

Here are some of our staff’s favorites, for ages 4 to 8.