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“Plain and Simple,” her best-selling 1989 book, was a go-to text of the anti-materialist movement known as voluntary simplicity.

To capture Jane Austen’s brief life and enormous impact, editors at The New York Times Book Review assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives.

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, memoirs and more: Here are the most popular books you saved to your reading lists.

The novelist and musician is a voracious reader of books in translation. In “This Year,” he annotates the literary lyrics to 365 of his own songs.

Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. poet laureate, makes the case in a new book of criticism.

Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since.

As costs are rising and wallets are hurting, these books explore the promises and pitfalls of the U.S. economy.

“Furious Minds,” by Laura K. Field, traces the ascendancy of hard-right thinkers whose contempt for liberal democracy is shaping American politics.

In researching her new Broadway play, Bess Wohl interviewed my mother. After a performance, we all discussed the play and its themes.

Welcome to our Regency Thunderdome, where we will endeavor to answer this question once and for all.