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In “The Age of Choice,” Sophia Rosenfeld questions whether choosing — what to buy, whom to vote for — is actually worth it.

In “The Age of Grievance,” the New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni chronicles the nation’s descent into constant kvetching.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s “The American Daughters” tells the story of a powerful resistance coming from inside the house.

In “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today.

In Stephanie Bishop’s psychological thriller, “The Anniversary,” tragedy strikes on a cruise.

Mathias Énard’s new novel, “The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild,” considers the jumble of life in a variety of stories and styles.

In “The Anthropologists,” Aysegul Savas celebrates the “unremarkable grace” of a couple’s ordinary days. It’s enchanting.

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote” is set in 1930s Nebraska, when the promising days of the American frontier are over, and white settlers reckon with the consequences of overfarming.

In “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt says we’re failing children — and takes a firm stand against tech.

Across Korea and Canada and the Midwest, these lonely protagonists guide us through ennui, delusion and even the afterlife.