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Madeleine Thien’s time-warping historical novel “The Book of Records” collapses centuries and geographies in an ambitious family saga.

In “Bear Witness,” Ross Halperin tells the story of two men who went from idealists to pragmatists.

Now in its 25th year, The Dresden Files and its author have survived the darkness, fictional and otherwise.

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Two journalists explore the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and present complementary portraits of its notorious co-founder.

Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new book is no ordinary grief memoir.

In the searing “Dirty Kitchen,” Jill Damatac tells the story of a fight for survival and culture in America.

His style as a poet and artist was informed by his upbringing in Shanghai and his years in Paris. He then joined the Pop-fueled studios of New York.

The author of influential books and essays, he was known for a contemporary theory of religion and Catholicism that advocated dialogue, not decrees.