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

Banned book tables are a frequent sight at many bookstores. But are they helping the authors who need it most?

“A book is made of language,” says the author, whose new novel is “Welcome Home, Stranger.” “How can a house be great if it’s made of shoddy materials? How can a dinner be great if it’s made with terrible ingredients?”

Chandler, best remembered for his hard-boiled detective novels, also wrote poetry. The poem, “Requiem,” was among papers his family donated to the University of Oxford in the 1980s.

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.

Keong Sim reads the audiobook version of the author’s second posthumous collection, “Songs on Endless Repeat.”

A secret, a disappearance, a frozen body and a mysterious stranger — these historical novels have something for everyone.

Our romance columnist recommends four new books.

Need a little diversion? Our crime columnist has plenty of books to recommend.

A landmark biography of Ella Fitzgerald, memoirs from David Mamet and Liz Cheney, a new historical novel from Ariel Lawhon and more.