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In “Goliath’s Curse,” Luke Kemp crunches the numbers to see exactly how far we are from the fate of once-great empires.

The author of “I Love Dick” returns with a novel that combines autobiography and true crime.

The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and legacy, taking her at her word.

In an unusual act of literary synergy, two vibrant coming-of-age tales with the same title have arrived one week apart.

The celebrated German novelist Jenny Erpenbeck considers the relics of an earlier age in a newly translated essay collection.

The popular children’s television show has returned, with Mychal Threets trying to recapture the magic of the original show for a streaming audience.

“When those bugs are crawling on Kate Capshaw in ‘Temple of Doom,’ I’m having the time of my life,” the actress and author said.

His new collection draws from his ambitious practice of the form over nearly four decades.

The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country’s oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here’s a look inside its collection.

A new reissue of Siegfried Kracauer’s 1928 novel “Ginster” offers a darkly humorous window into one German conscript’s inglorious journey.