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Dave Gonzales and Joanna Robinson, who collaborated with Gavin Edwards on the new book “MCU,” talk about Marvel Studios and the reign of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Memoirs by Meg Kissinger, Athena Dixon, McKenzie Wark and Xiaolu Guo tackle loneliness, self-reinvention and family legacy.

“The Woman in Me” reveals plenty about her life in the spotlight, and tempers well-earned bitterness with an enduring, insistent optimism.

In Rachel Eliza Griffith’s debut novel, “Promise,” the Kindreds find they can’t escape past mistakes.

Many of the more than 250 books she published explored contemporary social issues; others retold fables from her native Northern Ireland.

A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage was auctioned by Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.

Heated debate over the conflict overshadowed the 75th gathering of one of the world’s largest literary events.

A novelist and screenwriter, he wrote “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and “Family Business” and brought them both to the big screen.

She didn’t think she was going to contribute a short story to a new anthology. A stressful vacation changed her mind.

New fiction from Michael Cunningham, Sigrid Nunez and others; a candid Mitt Romney biography; and memoirs by Barbra Streisand, Britney Spears and more.