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Check out new books by Sally Rooney, Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers, and revisit familiar worlds from Karl Ove Knausgaard, Haruki Murakami and Jeff VanderMeer.

Nearly two years after he was stabbed, he was in fine form as he greeted his fellow writers at a party celebrating his candid memoir, “Knife.”

Rushdie, who was grievously injured onstage last year, said the forthcoming book was a way “to answer violence with art.”

Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set aboard a space station.

A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.

In a new memoir, Sarah Hoover grapples with the uglier moments that she and her husband, the artist Tom Sachs, have faced while navigating parenthood.

Since 2016, the renowned actress has also worked in publishing, bringing her name and love of books to imprints at two companies. In this episode, she discusses what that work has meant to her.

The actress and publisher will help decide the 2025 winner of the prestigious British book award. It is “the thrill of a life,” she said.

She received a diagnosis of Stage 4 breast cancer late in her second pregnancy and described her experience in a book, “Little Earthquakes: A Memoir.”

The “Succession” actress will play all 26 characters in a stage production of the Oscar Wilde novel.