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For years, Roth couldn’t get beyond the premise for his novel “American Pastoral.” Then he stumbled on a copy of “Shtetl in the Adirondacks: The Story of Gloversville and Its Jews.” The rest is literary history.

The protagonist of Rivers Solomon’s novel “Model Home” has tried to outrun childhood trauma, but their ghosts lure them right back.

In what the author says is his last novel, both a family and a society are on the verge of collapse.

Much of Yuri Herrera’s work has focused on Mexican social realities. In “Season of the Swamp” he turns his attention to the uniquely American city that has been his home for 13 years.

The Japanese author, frequently mentioned as a possible Nobel laureate, has a new novel, the second in her “Scattered All Over the Earth” trilogy.

John D. MacDonald was eerily prescient about the risks of human-driven climate disasters in the region.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

In “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.

In “The Message,” Coates grapples with questions about which stories are told, and how, through his visits to Senegal, South Carolina and the West Bank.