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Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, the director appeared on the Book Review podcast to speak about his latest film.

James Salter’s “Light Years” had a big influence on “So Old, So Young,” his new book about college friends drifting in and out of one another’s lives.

He survived the Holocaust and Communist rule in Hungary, arrived penniless in New York and made himself into a pre-eminent Civil War scholar.

Thirteen recommendations for fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile series.

Mr. Newsom, the California governor and a potential presidential candidate, writes that the privileged caricature of his background is mistaken.

Renowned in his field, he counted among his clients five Nobel laureates, including Elie Wiesel, and eight Pulitzer winners as well as the estates of Tennessee Williams and Aldous Huxley.

The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.

Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.

These novels usher readers into fascinating, long-ago worlds.

This season’s bounty includes volumes on far-out artists, unusual cats and enviable gardens.