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For Bethany Collins, Herman Melville’s novel is rife with centuries-old political anxieties that still resonate today.

Novels by Tana French, Yann Martel and Cat Sebastian; memoirs by Christina Applegate and Liza Minnelli; a Judy Blume biography and more.

In the stage versions of two beloved books, the most impressive moments emerge when the productions stray from the source material.

In Vigdis Hjorth’s novel “Repetition,” a writer recalls a pivotal period of transformation, sex and family crises.

In “The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts,” a therapist’s home turns into a nightmare manifestation of her sadness and grief.

Funny, furious and profane, “You With the Sad Eyes” finds the TV star facing childhood trauma and reflecting on the limits imposed by illness.

Álvaro Enrigue’s new novel, “Now I Surrender,” weaves past and present in a baroque anti-Western set in contested borderlands.

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

For 50 years, Patricia Finn kept to the background and told other people’s stories. Now, in “The Golden Boy,” she’s finally telling one of her own.

In M.L. Stedman’s new novel, “A Far-Flung Life,” the beauty and breadth of her setting stand in counterpoint to the horrors of the human lives playing out upon it.