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Life on the red planet? “Bosh and nonsense,” said one astronomer. But according to “The Martians,” plenty of self-appointed experts argued otherwise.

Two new books delve into our primal desire to feel valued and worthy of attention.

“The Message” marks his re-entry as a public intellectual determined to wield his moral authority, especially regarding Israel and the occupied territories.

In Louise Erdrich’s new novel, “The Mighty Red,” a high school jock proposes to the Ojibwe daughter of a woman who works for his family’s sugar farm.

In “The Militia House,” by John Milas, an abandoned building in Afghanistan captivates and terrifies the Marines stationed nearby.

In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

In her corrective “The Missing Thread,” the classical historian Daisy Dunn paints a fuller picture of the ancient world.

The journalist Tim Weiner investigates the mishaps that ensued when American intelligence scrambled to remake itself after the fall of communism.

In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own.

Clare Pollard’s novel “The Modern Fairies” reanimates 25 classic tales through a contemporary lens.