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The best-selling author grapples with big questions about A.I., consciousness and the distractions polluting our minds.

A prolific writer and lecturer, he viewed U.S. history through the lens of class struggle. But some accused him of defending brutal regimes in the Soviet Union and Serbia.

One fiction, one nonfiction (which he turns to at night). In “Future Boy,” he recalls juggling signature roles in “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties.”

“It’s all about the texture,” says the author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and the new “Letter From Japan.” Both fit the bill.

With “Entertaining,” a seminal cookbook that’s being newly reissued, the original lifestyle influencer changed the culture and built her empire.

Mark Z. Danielewski has returned with “Tom’s Crossing,” a 1,200-page western that is both more accessible than his earlier work and “the book of my life.”

She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.

The thriller writer Hank Phillippi Ryan recommends seemingly impossible, deeply satisfying whodunits.

The tidying expert has just published a new book about travel’s impact on her life. She shares tips for how to encounter the world, and, maybe, leave it a little better after your visit.

The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience.