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New novels by Elif Shafak and Casey McQuiston, a biography of a gay cultural icon, a dystopian tale of A.I. gone awry — and more.

Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married.

In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.

An infamous 1993 siege provides the backdrop for Bret Anthony Johnston’s novel about star-crossed lovers.

A late-life fantasia; a surviving twin’s breakthrough.

In Soma Mei Sheng Frazier’s debut novel, “Off the Books,” a Chinese American college student chauffeurs a handsome and suspicious client from California to New York.

Our columnist on vacation-ready reads.

Our columnist on vacation-ready reads.

She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller mixes glamour, betrayal, self-invention and murder. What’s not to love?