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In “The Uptown Local,” Cory Leadbeater describes his years as the late writer’s assistant and companion. Yet the fond portrait reveals more about him than her.

Young, single and broke, a new mom finds creative ways to stay afloat in Rufi Thorpe’s deft comic novel “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”

Her first novel, “Ask Me Again,” follows a young woman from high school in New York City to an elite university, to her early adulthood among the political class in Washington, D.C.

In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems.

The pandemic fueled a boom in social justice movements and indie bookstores. The two come together in these worker-owned shops.

A cultural historian, he was dismissed by Stanford over his opposition to the Vietnam War, a stance that became a cause célèbre of academic freedom.

Her new novel, “Parade,” considers the perplexity and solipsism of the creative life.

Bibliophiles will find plenty of centuries-old tomes, graphic novels, modern works and more in this French city, which also happens to be this year’s UNESCO World Book Capital.

Young people, especially, are choosing to read in English even if it is not their first language because they want the covers, and the titles, to match what they see on TikTok and other social media.

In Marcela Fuentes’s novel, “Malas,” a troubled teenager finds refuge in music and in a recluse with a dark history.