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Leanne Morgan went from helping her husband sell mobile homes to sudden success in her 50s.

In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a sympathetic portrait of the lyricist, overshadowed in a life that had him tending the legacy of his younger sibling George.

In Ella Baxter’s novel “Woo Woo,” a feminist performance artist starts to question herself on the eve of a provocative solo exhibition.

Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.

Walter Mosley talks about how his fictional hero frees himself from wage labor through America’s favorite side hustle: landlording.

In “Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife” the historian Hetta Howes seeks to relate to figures of the past.

You don’t have to know an orc from a Mumakil to enjoy the new animated adventure, though it’ll certainly help.

Chicago is a city of bookish abundance, home to countless literary giants past and present. The author Rebecca Makkai recommends works that capture its spirit.

The protagonists of “A Day With Mousse,” “Little Shrew” and “Lone Wolf Goes to School” feel happiest on their own.

Three new books explore the fraught relationships between tech companies and the U.S. government through close looks at Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Elon Musk’s X.