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Our columnist on four new mysteries.

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s new novel, “Terry Dactyl,” follows a young trans woman figuring out who she is throughout the AIDS crisis and Covid pandemic.

Thanks to distinct design, fresh approaches to the genre and the if-you-know-you-know factor, 831 Stories is catching the eye of readers and investors.

Sarah Hall’s inventive new novel spans centuries, showing how Britain’s famed Helm shaped people and how people are shaping it.

The host and author discusses “Padma’s All American,” which sees immigrants at the heart of the nation’s cuisine.

The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.

He wrote of his suffocating relationship with his mother to create mordant reminiscences and became a standout at poetry slams in New York.

During the government shutdown, booksellers are collecting food for Americans who receive federal aid to buy groceries.

In “Fateful Hours,” the road map to authoritarian disaster is laid out in gleamingly sinister detail by the German historian Volker Ullrich.