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Thirteen recommendations for fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile series.

In “The Boundless Deep,” Richard Holmes explores the forces that formed the young Alfred Tennyson.

His book about time-traveling dinosaurs became a Steven Spielberg-produced movie, and he adapted the Stephen Sondheim musical “Into the Woods” for young readers.

What’s a publisher to do when a novel hews close to the news cycle?

Rebecca Novack’s novel, “Murder Bimbo,” is a devious and outrageously entertaining satire that skewers America’s surreal political landscape.

A new book by Shelley Puhak dismantles the legend of Hungary’s infamous “blood countess,” separating fact from myth.

As usual, Lionel Shriver sets out to puncture pieties, but “A Better Life” feels full of easy targets.

Helen Goh, the British baker and therapist, thinks romantic treats can be tricky. She advises tailoring them to the length of your relationship.

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.

Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.