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Mixing the medical and the personal, several memoirists find literary analogies the best way to capture unwelcome visits to “unimaginable lands.”

Our romance columnist recommends four new books.

A selection of recently published books.

She wrote of peasants, unsung women, border crossers and, most popularly, Martin Guerre, a 16th-century village impostor recalled in a 1980s movie.

Candid memoirs by Henry Winkler and John Stamos reveal how lucky breaks — and Yale training, and a curling iron — made them into household names.

Memoirs by Meg Kissinger, Athena Dixon, McKenzie Wark and Xiaolu Guo tackle loneliness, self-reinvention and family legacy.

Skip “The Exchange,” our columnist advises, and pick up “The Plinko Bounce” or “The Last One” instead.

Our crime columnist, Sarah Weinman, on four buzzy October releases.

Our crime columnist, Sarah Weinman, on four buzzy October releases.

The Nobel Prizes are being announced this week.