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As usual, Lionel Shriver sets out to puncture pieties, but “A Better Life” feels full of easy targets.

Helen Goh, the British baker and therapist, thinks romantic treats can be tricky. She advises tailoring them to the length of your relationship.

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.

Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.

The best-selling author grapples with big questions about A.I., consciousness and the distractions polluting our minds.

The formidable novelist and philosopher, who died in 1999, thought her poetry was mediocre. It’s not.

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.