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In her entrancing, disturbing “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” Barbara Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of twins born in China under the one-child rule.

In “Deep Breath,” by the Hungarian novelist Rita Halász, a woman flees her abusive husband in order to slowly regain her sanity, and her self.

Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more.

Virginie Despentes is pivoting to theater. Playgoers “really show up, even for demanding or radical works,” she says.

A new biography of Tim O’Brien examines his formative time at war and the esteemed literary career that followed.

Her book “Against Our Will” argued that rape was a crime of power and violence, not passion; it led to laws that made it easier to prosecute rapists.

Edward St. Aubyn returns with a wide-ranging narrative anchored by a schizophrenic patient.

In Darrow Farr’s novel, “The Bombshell,” a spoiled French teenager comes to realize her social-justice-minded captors have a point.

If HBO’s zombie drama has you craving more postapocalyptic action, these books have got you covered.

The prolific fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series, infused his writing with empathy and humor. Here’s where to start.