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Our columnist on four standout new releases.

“The Outsiders” is the first new musical to open since 2022 to become profitable.

Nearly half a century before “Heated Rivalry” skated its way to screens, a budding literary talent pseudonymously published some sporty smut of his own.

In “Hated by All the Right People,” the journalist Jason Zengerle looks at the conservative pundit’s many transformations.

In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends surrounding a complex ancient culture.

In “Until the Last Gun Is Silent,” Matthew F. Delmont shows how the conflict consumed a civil rights leader and tore a soldier apart.

In “Vigil,” an oil tycoon on his deathbed receives a visit from an angel.

Our critic on four excellent new novels.

An artist knocked off her path by a manipulative professor is at the center of Larissa Pham’s spare and troubling new book, “Discipline.”

In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case.