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A visit to the turbulent coastline of County Donegal reveals a place where the Welsh poet found creative enrichment in the summer of 1935.

Josephine Rowe’s slim, atmospheric novel “Little World” connects disparate characters through the traveling corpse of a young girl.

Our columnist on four notable new crime novels.

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history.

Cleyvis Natera’s novel “The Grand Paloma Resort” combines fast-paced suspense, class distinctions and colonial history in a breathless seven-day trip to the Dominican Republic.

Jonathan Mahler’s new book portrays the city’s rebirth as a glitzy capital of global finance — and a petri dish of ego, ambition and class division.

“The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter,” by Peter Orner, revives an unsolved mystery involving Chicagoland royalty.

A new book by the veteran correspondent Jon Lee Anderson captures a long war’s noble goals and crippling missteps.

In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they’ve found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world.

In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they’ve found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world.