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He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D.

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In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”

In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the stirrings of liberty beyond the British colonies that became the United States.

Tom Lin’s new novel, “Babylon, South Dakota,” reimagines the western with surreal elements.

The stoic narrator of “The Vivisectors” befriends a student embroiled in a cultural politics debate.

Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel, this one about a man on a magical train that helps him revisit key moments of his life.

If you happen to be near a body of water (salt, fresh, chlorinated or otherwise), here are the books you’ll need.

A new biography of Garry Trudeau tracks the rise of a comic strip that brought counterculture and political opinions to the funny pages.