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A new biography of the Republican legislator details his legal mind and his personal struggles.

His long run with that venerable character was the highlight of a career that also encompassed Spider-Man, Aquaman and best-selling “Star Trek” novels.

In a sharp new book, Jessa Crispin uses the actor’s career to explore, and complicate, the “crisis of masculinity.”

These comic books and graphic novels include a couple of biographical tales: one about coming out as gay, the other about transitioning.

The author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea” recommends captivating books that cast L.G.B.T.Q. people as the heroes, the villains and everything in between.

“Never Flinch” is a tale of stalkers and serial killers, with a strong dose of social critique.

In “Harmattan Season,” the search for a missing woman uncovers a scheme that could change the fate of an occupied city in West Africa.

In the memoir “How to Lose Your Mother,” Molly Jong-Fast recalls a tumultuous upbringing as the only child of the feminist writer Erica Jong.

The Ritz Carlton; a decidedly unwhimsical Turkish inn.

In “Culture Creep,” Alice Bolin considers the connections between corporate thought control, femininity, pop culture and the computer age.