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For the comedian Alison Leiby, talking about her choice to be child-free is more polarizing to audiences than anything else.

First, a primer from the author of “Circe,” Madeline Miller. Then, A.O. Scott on all the genres inside the 3,000-year-old poem.

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

On “Tony Brown’s Journal,” he interviewed guests like Jesse Jackson and Lena Horne, and made programming decisions by asking himself, “Will it help Black people?”

Sarah Weinman on “Heather,” by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books.

The show, which revisits the story of a marmalade-loving bear, plans to open next April at the Hirschfeld Theater in New York.

Lush historical fiction, gripping thrillers, true crime, laugh-out-loud essays and more: Here are the books you’ve saved most to your reading lists.

The year is nearly halfway over. Here’s what we’ve been listening to.

Our critic on four terrific new mysteries.

New fiction from Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and much more.