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Veera Hiranandani’s “Amil and the After” and Saadia Faruqi’s “The Partition Project” show that the rending of the subcontinent is as relevant and heartbreaking as ever.

How a 1950s novel explains the crisis in higher education.

He oversaw a boom in the format beginning in the 1960s, turning out best sellers like “Jaws,” “The Exorcist” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.

He attempted to define evil by plumbing the biographies and motivations of hundreds of violent felons who had committed heinous crimes.

The author of the “Slow Horses” series says he relates more with failures. With millions of books sold and the third season of the series airing next month, he may have to wrap his head around success.

She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France’s best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested in easy — and she expects her readers to work, too.

Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.

The deals have become highly lucrative for the justices, including for those who used court staff members to help research and promote their books.

Her wide range of subjects included the actress Jayne Mansfield, the novelist Louisa May Alcott and Mary Washington, the mother of a president.