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In a Pulitzer-winning book, he saw modern America’s origins not so much in one president’s policies as in the sweeping social and technological changes wrought in the years 1815-48.

A semi-estranged midlife couple and their three precocious daughters form the center of Madeline Cash’s satirical novel, “Lost Lambs.”

The fourth novel in his Morning Star series follows an ambitious young photographer in 1985 London.

In a new book, C. Thi Nguyen looks to his personal passions — from video games to yo-yoing — to illuminate the downside of our increasingly gamified world.

The Norwegian writer is known for his sprawling, brutally candid autofiction and speculative epics. Here’s where to start.

“Miracle Children” details how a Louisiana school exploited the demand for stories of Black trauma.

Belle Burden shook off her natural reserve to turn her viral divorce essay into “Strangers,” a bracing memoir.

In “Catapult,” an impulsive project between two friends leads to reflections on human nature and conflict.

In “The Revolutionists,” the Guardian journalist Jason Burke explores how leftist militants gave way to Islamist ones in the Middle East.

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