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An author and a professor, he taught a popular and entertaining psychology course at Cornell that focused on the importance of sleep, including “power naps.”

He wrote with the kind of clarity that was as comforting as it was chastising. Here’s where to start.

In influential books, he questioned top-down government programs and extolled the power of the powerless, embracing a form of anarchism.

His savage fiction, set in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, demonstrated his belief that “violence is the most elemental truth of life.”

Years after being catapulted to national fame in the U.S.S.R. as a child actor, he wrote about ideals of racial harmony and international solidarity.

Mistakes happen, he theorized, because multiple vulnerabilities in a system align — like the holes in cheese — to create a recipe for disaster.

“I am kind of living for that moment,” says the prolific writer. “Who will betray me first?” Her new novel is “A Reason to See You Again.”

The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.

The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work.

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.