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New novels from Zadie Smith, Stephen King and Lauren Groff; Walter Isaacson’s hotly anticipated Elon Musk biography; a history of the AR-15 assault rifle; and much more.

“The Deadline” collects 46 essays on subjects ranging from Herman Melville and Jane Franklin to feminism and A.I.

If you’re Naomi Klein, you write a book about it.

New novels from Zadie Smith, Stephen King and Lauren Groff; Walter Isaacson’s hotly anticipated Elon Musk biography; a history of the AR-15 assault rifle; and much more.

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki have created award-winning graphic novels together. Their new book, “Roaming,” is an ode to the city that captivated them and the thrills of young adulthood.

In “Fixer,” his second collection, the poet Edgar Kunz demonstrates a hard familiarity with the gig economy.

An elementary school principal in Forsyth County emailed parents to apologize last week after Marc Tyler Nobleman used the word in a presentation about the origins of Batman.

Republicans are worried about the politics that shape our armed forces. Several recent books look at the good, the bad and the ugly of American military leadership and culture.

“Terrace Story” is a novel about generations of women confronting the other side of reality.

Her new novel, “The Fraud,” is based on a celebrated 19th-century criminal trial, but it keeps one eye focused clearly on today’s political populism.