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In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”

In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the stirrings of liberty beyond the British colonies that became the United States.

Tom Lin’s new novel, “Babylon, South Dakota,” reimagines the western with surreal elements.

The stoic narrator of “The Vivisectors” befriends a student embroiled in a cultural politics debate.

Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel, this one about a man on a magical train that helps him revisit key moments of his life.

If you happen to be near a body of water (salt, fresh, chlorinated or otherwise), here are the books you’ll need.

A new biography of Garry Trudeau tracks the rise of a comic strip that brought counterculture and political opinions to the funny pages.

In “America, U.S.A.,” Eddie Glaude Jr. looks back at the country’s past anniversaries with skepticism and pain.

It was all about self-improvement for the actress, who was born a century ago next week. Two new volumes shed light on the books she collected and the intellectual she married.