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

Helen Goh, the British baker and therapist, thinks romantic treats can be tricky. She advises tailoring them to the length of your relationship.

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.

Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.

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

The formidable novelist and philosopher, who died in 1999, thought her poetry was mediocre. It’s not.

Gurnaik Johal follows seven characters in interconnected narratives about climate change and the rise of authoritarianism.

Wil Haygood’s “The War Within a War” is a rare, illuminating look at the way the war shaped the struggle for equality back home.

As usual, Lionel Shriver sets out to puncture pieties, but “A Better Life” feels full of easy targets.

The author, who brought Japanese literature into the global mainstream, grapples with aging and his place in the world of letters.