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In the 2022 Prix Goncourt-winning novel “Live Fast,” Brigitte Giraud pieces together the motorcycle crash that killed the narrator’s husband, while tearing her apart.

Our critic on the month’s most notable releases.

Nadine Gordimer’s stories; Margaret Atwood’s sketches.

The novelist Robyn Gigl picks her favorite courtroom dramas and legal whodunits — some of which may surprise you.

Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.

The director RaMell Ross on adapting Colson Whitehead’s prize-winning novel.

Two new books grapple with the questions of who we are, what we are, whether we are — and what we can do for one another.

In “What Fell From the Sky,” by Adrianna Cuevas, and “Oasis,” by Guojing, the best examples of humanity aren’t necessarily human.

Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.