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In “Advance Britannia,” Alan Allport shows the fighting from the perspective of England and its colonies.

“This Is Where the Serpent Lives,” by Daniyal Mueenuddin, recalls the power of Russian classics.

Lola Lafon’s book “When You Listen to This Song” is a hit in its native France. Now in English, it explores identity, loss and memory in wholly new ways.

An environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, she wrote of her struggle with leukemia in The New Yorker in November, drawing worldwide sympathy.

Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025.

In “American Reich,” the former New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau dissects the culture of hate that led to the death of a gay man in Southern California.

A new graphic novel both celebrates and demystifies the colorful frontier icon, while also correcting some of her taller tales.

Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.

“Fingers crossed she isn’t racist — it was a different time,” says the author of “My Sister, the Serial Killer” and the recent “Cursed Daughters.”

Our columnist on three novels worth your time.