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In “The CIA Book Club,” Charlie English tells the story of America’s war of ideas in the Eastern Bloc.

He wrote more than 130 books, mostly collections of poetry and translations of classics, as well as lowbrow novels under a pen name.

In this moment of constitutional crisis, these books provide a clear picture of the highest court in the land.

A new biography looks at the decades-long career of an American original who captured the country’s complex moral universe onscreen.

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs.

Our columnist on July’s most notable books.

Our columnist on some stellar recent releases.

In “The Beast in the Clouds,” Nathalia Holt tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s eldest sons, and their doomed attempt to escape his shadow.

Childhood trauma led Chris Whitaker to write the novel. Meeting readers over the last year spurred him to realize he should have dealt with it sooner.

A childhood friendship in upper-class Beijing is tested by envy, ambition and relentless materialism.