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Dinaw Mengestu’s new novel follows a journalist with an elusive history and a persistent wanderlust.

In “Black Pill,” the journalist Elle Reeve finds that the once-fringe alt-right is dead — because now it’s mainstream.

In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.

The protagonist of Madison Newbound’s debut novel, “Misrecognition,” returns to her hometown after a breakup with her power-imbalanced polycule.

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.

On the centennial of James Baldwin’s birth, a look at this revolutionary work that was a playwriting milestone for him.

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.

The second in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.

Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games — and teach valuable lessons along the way.

Her fiction delivered searing, candid portraits of Irish society through the prism of female friendship.