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Psychologists and other experts share the works they recommend to people who are struggling with guilt, shame or questions of what comes next.

In Sarah Anderson’s satirical novel, “Fallow,” a debt-laden woman becomes a professional surrogate for a corporate behemoth.

“Our Noble Selves” takes place amid the 1951 Festival of Britain, when a traumatized ex-war reporter and P.O.W. goes from government cog to murder suspect.

In “End Times Fascism,” Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that apocalyptic ideology has taken hold over American elites.

Sebastian Barry’s new novel tours a post-Civil War America where cruelty is ever-present but love endures.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, a recent Tony nominee for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” returns to the director’s chair for this season’s revival of “Seven Guitars.”

Pegged to the anniversary of 9/11, “Hollow Bones” now resonates with the riveting Lindsay Clancy trial.

Two career-spanning essay collections, from Nik Cohn and Jerry Stahl, revel in life’s margins and recapture auras past.

“The Doll” on Netflix is based on a novel that’s revered in Poland. It also has the requisite duels, corsets and palaces, as well as elaborate wigs and mustaches.

In “Profiles in Cowardice,” Jacob Weisberg offers a grim twist on John F. Kennedy’s collection of heroic biographies.