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In “Why I Am Not an Atheist,” Christopher Beha makes the case for faith.

Mohammed Hanif’s “Rebel English Academy” follows three characters in the politically fraught Pakistan of the late 1970s.

In “Emilio Pucci,” the subject’s niece and her husband explore the early life of the Italian designer who dressed the jet set.

A new study by the novelist and scholar Namwali Serpell subjects the Nobel laureate’s work to rigorous inspection — with thrilling results.

In “Leaving Home,” the writer and illustrator Mark Haddon recasts a painful childhood in kaleidoscopic color.

With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.

A young telephone company operator finds herself in the dark underbelly of the Me Decade in Claire Oshetsky’s “Evil Genius.”

His score of books and hundreds of essays documented Stalinist executions, Communist repressions and censorship, and the transition to post-Soviet Russia.

A new book shows how the decline of the studios and the fresh wind of the 1960s allowed them to turn personal visions into critical and popular success.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the author appeared on the Book Review podcast to speak about her books and the Netflix phenomenon they sparked.