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A college dropout becomes caretaker to a Lithuanian widow in Ocean Vuong’s florid new novel, which seeks to find the dignity in dead-end jobs.

Five years later, she has a new novel, “Speak to Me of Home,” which draws directly from her family’s history in Puerto Rico and the Midwest.

Besha Rodell’s memoir, “Hunger Like a Thirst,” is also a fascinating capsule history of restaurant criticism.

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

In their new book, the “We Can Do Hard Things” crew admit they don’t have the answers. But it helps to savor the moments that don’t suck.

In “The Family Dynamic,” Susan Dominus examines what makes some families “exceptional.”

The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about.

As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape of global conflict today.

In “A Sharp Endless Need,” two female high school athletes get lost in a vortex of passion while grappling with deeper wounds.

In Hilary Plum’s novel “State Champ,” a mediocre receptionist goes on a hunger strike — only to question the purpose of protest.