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The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.”

Toby Lloyd centers religion and politics in his novel, “Fervor,” but with a light, mystical touch.

In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality despite constraints imposed on them from outside.

Exclusively for T, Marcus Jahmal envisions what happens on page 76 of novels by Neel Mukherjee, Valerie Martin and others.

Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this month.

When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired it.

Famed for her fearless literary takedowns, Lauren Oyler adopts a softer tone in the new essay collection “No Judgment.”

In Armando Lucas Correa’s thriller “The Silence in Her Eyes,” vision impairment only enhances a young woman’s sense of neighborly discord — and danger is in the air.

The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.

“The Divorcées” whisks readers to a ranch in Reno, where unhappy wives once stayed to establish Nevada residency so they could file for divorce.