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The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie indebted to the musician.

Elise Juska takes readers back to the summer of 2021. The question is, do we want to go there?

Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders” runs from 2040 to 2014, showing how a cast of unsettled characters arrived at their current predicament.

In Fiona Warnick’s cozy coming-of-age novel, an aimless college graduate finds an unconventional way to process her difficult transition into adulthood.

He wrote a popular series of books revolving around a hunchbacked detective, Shardlake, whose troubles echo the author’s experiences of childhood bullying.

The Irish author discusses “Long Island,” the sequel to his 2009 novel “Brooklyn.”

The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.”

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Even for the youngest readers, attempted piggy-bank robbery may not cut it.

“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind.