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Lauren Christensen, an editor at the New York Times Book Review, recommends four of her favorite audiobooks.

Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.

Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new book is no ordinary grief memoir.

In the searing “Dirty Kitchen,” Jill Damatac tells the story of a fight for survival and culture in America.

His style as a poet and artist was informed by his upbringing in Shanghai and his years in Paris. He then joined the Pop-fueled studios of New York.

The author of influential books and essays, he was known for a contemporary theory of religion and Catholicism that advocated dialogue, not decrees.

She was a writer and a top editor at publications as diverse as The Nation, Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. She also helped found Grand Street and reboot Vanity Fair.

A poet’s letters; a collection of reminiscences.

In “The Art Spy,” Michelle Young shines new light on the heroic French curator Rose Valland.

In a new book, Benoît Gallot explains what it takes to run Père-Lachaise, where he lives with his wife, children and, he insists, no ghosts.