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In her “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” series and “Five Survive,” this British author makes herself at home on the East Coast.

Finishing “The Portrait of a Lady” leaves the author of “Old Crimes,” a new story collection, “a little more confident.” Meanwhile, Rod Serling has a place on her shelves.

Emily Cockayne’s “Penning Poison,” a history of anonymous letters, reveals the ways we’ve been torturing one another, verbally, for centuries.

Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books to help you explore the state’s many facets.

A look at the Trump-DeSantis rivalry, a witty tribute to “Murder on the Orient Express,” a memoir of open marriage and an epic Swedish novel in verse, among others.

When “I’m sorry for your loss” isn’t going to cut it, young readers might find solace, and solidarity, in story time.

In “The Other Side,” the art critic Jennifer Higgie explores artists who found self-expression through different media — and mediums.

True to the promise of its title, “The Storm We Made” kicks up a weather system of epic proportions, ranging from military terror during World War II to domestic warmth.

The 33-year-old librarian from California has become popular on TikTok and Instagram with his upbeat take on libraries.

This bracing anthology of Christopher Hitchens’s work for The London Review of Books is just the ticket.