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One hundred years after his birth, the French philosopher remains hugely influential, both revered and reviled for ideas that eerily anticipated our day.

In “The Face,” Fay Bound-Alberti examines our relationship to our most public features.

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

The world’s most famous epic has something for every reader.

William T. Vollmann’s fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam.

While the Y.A. graphic novel phenomenon wraps up with a sixth volume and a Netflix movie, Alice Oseman mostly reads fiction about adults now.

In Daniel Mason’s charming “Country People,” a stuck father and his happier family are tempted, and changed, during a stint on a bucolic campus.

“The Simp,” by Roshan Sethi, is a satire of the unending demands, learned helplessness and stubborn racism of Hollywood elites.

Irvine Welsh brings back his beloved Edinburgh ensemble for his new novel, “Men in Love.”

A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.