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Some books sprint; others take the scenic route. The heady, highly absorbing titles here earn their marathon run times.

At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the banality of the graduation ceremony is a tradition worth celebrating.

Two new picture books dive into refugee childhoods.

A divorced single mother, she started out to write a sex guide for schoolgirls and ended up with a tale of female autonomy that became a best-selling novel.

In “Reading the Room,” Paul Yamazaki, the chief buyer for City Lights Booksellers, calls this “one of the richest and most rewarding times” to be a literature fan.

A hundred years after Kafka’s death, people and nations are still fighting over his legacy.

R.O. Kwon’s second novel, “Exhibit,” sees two Korean American women finding pleasure in a bond that knits creative expression and sadomasochism.

“The Silence of the Choir,” a novel by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, follows 72 African refugees who have arrived in a Sicilian village.

Looking for an escapist love story? Here are 2024’s sexiest, swooniest reads.

His fascination with terrorism, cults and mass culture’s weirder turns has given his work a prophetic air. Here’s where to start.