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Gurnaik Johal follows seven characters in interconnected narratives about climate change and the rise of authoritarianism.

Wil Haygood’s “The War Within a War” is a rare, illuminating look at the way the war shaped the struggle for equality back home.

In her new novel in stories, “This Is Not About Us,” Allegra Goodman traces the small but vivid dramas of one sprawling Jewish family.

In his new novel, Jonathan Miles considers the complicated ethics and logistics of eliminating an invasive species.

Video games are big business, and the company behind Mario, Zelda and Pokémon may be the most important player, says the author of a new corporate history.

The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.

Our books reporter Elizabeth A. Harris explores the disappearance of mass market paperbacks — and talks with Stephen King about what paperbacks have meant to him.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding something new to discover. Here’s where to start.

“I love to fall asleep with a book nearby,” says the “Autobiography of Cotton” author. “Dreaming and reading merge in beautiful, uncompromising ways.”