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Ian McGuire’s new novel, “White River Crossing,” tracks a party of 18th-century fortune seekers through the northern Canadian wilds.

In essays and books, he explored physical landscapes and the terrain of his own life, up to the blindness that overtook him in his later years.

A new study by the novelist and scholar Namwali Serpell subjects the Nobel laureate’s work to rigorous inspection — with thrilling results.

The outrageous reality TV star has written a memoir — part evolution, part exorcism. She’s more than ready to tell you why.

With “The Lost Boys” on Broadway and Cynthia Erivo in “Dracula” in London, our horror expert looks at how bloodsuckers sank their teeth into pop culture.

The best stories in “Brawler” find the writer tackling the tectonic shifts that can suddenly crack open seemingly secure families.

Our columnist on four stellar new releases.

In Charleen Hurtubise’s new novel, “Saoirse,” a traumatic family secret propels an American teenager to Ireland in the early 1990s.

His public radio show, “Bookworm,” was a literary salon of the air for 33 years, drawing guests like Joan Didion, Susan Sontag and David Foster Wallace.

Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, the director appeared on the Book Review podcast to speak about his latest film.