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Clever and dexterous, his writing delights in puzzles, puns and lepidoptera. Here’s where to start. (There’s so much more than “Lolita.”)

The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.

A collection of spooky short fiction by Edith Wharton and a historical nonfiction narrative about a woman who claimed to be haunted.

In Molly McGhee’s debut, “Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind,” debt-laden citizens are recruited to “audit” others’ dreams — all in the name of productivity.

In her vivid second novel, “My Work,” Olga Ravn evokes the disorientation of new parenthood.

Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin was an admirer.

Acclaimed as one of America’s greatest living writers, she blended deeply personal material with themes of mythology and nature.

His culinary empire included several restaurants, an olive oil company, a winery and a retail business with a robust catalog.

His books, laced with humor and often banned in his country, chronicle centuries of strife in the Middle East, earning critical praise and an international readership.

The actor and literacy advocate will host the ceremony after the National Book Foundation dropped its original host, Drew Barrymore.