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Laurent Binet’s novel “Perspective(s)” begins with an artist lying dead in a Florentine chapel.

To oblige an eager reporter, he invented a story about the holiday’s origin. He didn’t realize it would turn out to be his “Andy Warhol moment.”

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece has left an enduring mark on American culture.

A mythical lion cub stuck in the modern world must harness the power of stories to save his family and return home.

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote” is set in 1930s Nebraska, when the promising days of the American frontier are over, and white settlers reckon with the consequences of overfarming.

“Sunrise on the Reaping,” by Suzanne Collins, explores the devastating story of Haymitch Abernathy, a mentor in the original “Hunger Games” novels.

“Sunrise on the Reaping” further expands the world of Panem, focusing on Haymitch Abernathy’s story.

In “Changing My Mind,” the novelist Julian Barnes presents an argument for the joys of flexibility.

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities.