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Lily King’s new novel, “Heart the Lover,” is a profoundly affecting story of romantic entanglement by a master of the genre.

The Broadway play “Punch” retells the true story of a fatal blow and how restorative justice brought healing to the parents and to the young man who threw the punch.

An English translation of Ada Boni’s “The Talisman of Happiness,” an indispensable guide for Italian home cooks since the 1920s, is finally on its way.

Our columnist on four notable new releases.

Our columnist on four noteworthy novels.

A crackling new biography captures the formidable personality and often eerie writings of the “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” creator Muriel Spark.

An influential lawyer, he negotiated blockbuster contracts for A-list clients, including the Clintons, the Obamas and the Bushes, while often acting as a political adviser.

She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.

Hoping to draw more visitors to Rowan Oak, Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Miss., a group helped refurbish its piano.

Based on his popular Substack, the iconoclastic author’s new book is a warning against the dangers of turning innovation into a secular faith.