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In 2018, the cast of a web series joked about an imaginary (and very saucy) book. Now, it’s a real best seller. Just embrace the tusks.

Esther Freud returns to the autofictional world of her breakout novel, “Hideous Kinky,” published more than 30 years ago.

Over five decades, he produced some 150 books, many of them illustrated by his wife, Janet Ahlberg, including classics like “Each Peach Pear Plum.”

Elliot Ackerman keeps a light tone in his new novel, “Sheepdogs,” though a more somber back story sometimes peeks through.

These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more.

In “People Like Us,” Jason Mott tells a darkly comic tale of two Black writers haunted by gun violence.

A new, career-spanning essay collection shows how she has never lost touch with the mischievous creativity of her 7-year-old self.

Jon Raymond’s new book considers lofty questions as an affair and a climate disaster unfold.

Her hits included “The Exorcist” and “The Thorn Birds,” as well as the autobiography of Betty Ford and an authorized biography of Warren Buffett.

“The Afghans,” by the Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad, tells the country’s turbulent recent history through the lives of three people.