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With critically lauded works like “The New York Trilogy,” the charismatic author drew inspiration from his adopted borough and won worldwide acclaim.

For the first time, China has more than 100 incarcerated writers, and Israel and Russia entered the list of the 10 countries with the most imprisoned writers.

The novelist played with reality and chance in tales of solitary narrators and mutable identities. Here’s an overview of his work.

These authors investigate the interior lives of Palestinians charged with violence and probe the confines of Israeli prisons.

A complicated, generous life yielded a body of work of staggering scope and variety.

In “The Age of Grievance,” the New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni chronicles the nation’s descent into constant kvetching.

In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.

Our columnist reviews this month’s latest scary releases.

Wenyan Lu’s novel, “The Funeral Cryer,” explores a Chinese tradition through a modern, more personal lens.

Rachel Khong’s new novel follows three generations of Chinese Americans as they all fight for self-determination in their own way.