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Wildly popular strips like “Bloom County,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Cathy,” “The Far Side” “and “Doonesbury” peaked in the 1980s, but they left their mark.

Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world.

Joumana Khatib, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends a few books to readers looking for gifts for their loved ones.

Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” celebrates the cuisine and community of his youth. Now he’s paying it forward.

The guidebook writer and television personality reflects on his cancer diagnosis, social media’s corrosive effect on tourism and the transformative power of travel.

A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages.

He devoted his career to guarding the legacy of the philosopher known for her writings on totalitarianism and “the banality of evil.”

The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.

Ruth Ware, the author of “The Woman in Cabin 10,” recommends locked-room mysteries and psychological horrors by Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Andy Weir and more.