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These books dig into the thrilling, ugly and swoon-worthy drama of a happy couple’s big day.

Lerner’s new novel is a cerebral exploration of technology, family, truth and existence.

Carley Fortune left a hard-won journalism job to give fiction a shot. Five best-sellers later, a series based on her debut is about to stream.

In “Whistler,” a surprise encounter at the Met changes the course of two lives.

As presented in Andrea Wulf’s new biography, “The Traveler,” George Forster was an impressively curious, open-minded 17-year-old naturalist and polymath.

The form known as ekphrasis — or poetry about art — has taken a turn toward the individual. Our columnist asks what it means.

In “The Wreck of the Mentor,” the maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin brings to life a dramatic episode from the golden age of whaling.

The year is nearly halfway over. Here’s what we’ve been listening to.

The former first lady’s new book reflects an insular White House where loyalty was prized and President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s feelings were prioritized over health concerns.

Historical chronicles and flights of fancy, all with L.G.B.T.Q. protagonists, arrive starting in June.