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Our critic says Regina Black’s “August Lane” is the best book she’s read this year.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

This episode goes behind the scenes of the 1995 documentary; new mixes of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” are coming out; and an updated book is due.

The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.

The best-selling horror and fantasy author Silvia Moreno-Garcia recommends books about the terrors that lurk under the stairs.

“Not her politics, but the relentlessness and archness of her characters,” says the prizewinning playwright behind “Stereophonic,” which is now up in London.

The musical “Operation Mincemeat” tells the story of an absurd feat of deception dreamed up by this spy-turned-novelist. His real acts of espionage were even wilder.

Political challenges to elite colleges have long been a feature of life in the United States. A 1963 book helps show us why.

“Born in Flames,” by the historian Bench Ansfield, recounts how the wave of urban arson in the 1970s devastated poor communities while enriching building owners.

Clean home, clean mind. Or at least you can try, with the help of several tomes about doing more with less.