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The actor and producer booked her first big role when she was 14 years old. More than 30 years later, she’s an entertainment-industry powerhouse.

In “The Waterbearers,” Sasha Bonét weaves her matrilineal history into a larger struggle for survival and self-knowledge.

In “McNamara at War,” the brothers William and Philip Taubman probe the mind of a Harvard Business School technocrat who tried to overhaul the American military.

The popular science author, whose latest is “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy,” discusses her approach to the stranger corners of scientific inquiry.

A college player and coach who became a best-selling author, he was also a kindred spirit to the Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson.

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, science, memoirs and more: Here are the books you’ve saved most to your reading lists.

The Grand Regency Costumed Promenade in Bath, England, is the showiest and merriest of the celebrations of the writer’s 250th.

Twelve recommendations for fans of the Dog Man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club series.

The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.