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Our columnist reviews “The Tapestry of Fate” and other books.

Our columnist looks at the best recent releases.

Sarah Weinman on “Heather,” by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books.

Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism suggests that values have been at its core all along.

Their names may not be familiar, but they helped define queer art, activism and storytelling as we know it today.

In her biography of the novelist George Sand, Fiona Sampson urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer, an inventor of stories and also of the self.

A new book examines the desperate lives of Nigeria’s romance scam artists — and their victims.

A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress.

Caro Claire Burke’s best-selling novel, about a tradwife influencer with some surprises in store, is one of the buzziest books of 2026.

In July, the Book Review Book Club will be discussing Stuart’s latest novel, about a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.