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The editor and essayist Joseph Epstein looks back on his life and career in two new books.

How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

Creators will spotlight Blondie in the comic strip, as she brings someone on board for her catering business.

Prison, pregnancies and other operatic turns propel Caroline Leavitt’s latest book, “Days of Wonder.”

Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?

Slim and precious, “Somehow: Thoughts on Love” doesn’t measure up to her best nonfiction.

Justin Taylor’s novel “Reboot” examines the convergence of entertainment, online arcana and conspiracy theory.

A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.

In “The Paris Novel,” Ruth Reichl is a glutton for wish fulfillment.

In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.