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A fight over Green’s books in his home state of Indiana reflects a broader cultural debate over what books are appropriate for young readers, and who gets to decide.

“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?”

In “Tuesdays With Morrie,” the 84-year-old actor was eager to tackle “a rich role in a show that asks, ‘What if despair and death are not the end?’”

She didn’t think she was going to contribute a short story to a new anthology. A stressful vacation changed her mind.

The literary critic, who died on Sunday at age 90, believed that reading was the path to revolution.

If your idea of festive joy is being haunted by past memories or driven insane by mysterious specters, have we got the tradition for you.

Hundreds of declassified U.S. Army photos are featured in the new book “Fashion Army.”

Our romance columnist recommends four new books.

An F. B.I. rookie hunts for a serial killer, four friends seek reparations, a daughter searches for her mother and a community looks for answers in four new mysteries.

And A.O. Scott on the joys inherent in giving poems a close read.