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Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.

Mary Augusta Ward’s “Lady Rose’s Daughter” was the blockbuster best seller of its day.

Elaborately designed books with patterned edges and other effects started as a trend in romance and fantasy, and have now spread throughout the publishing industry.

In a frank memoir, Drew Nieporent looks back at a half-century career that’s produced signature New York restaurants like Montrachet and Tribeca Grill.

Even before the Republican vice-presidential nominee aligned himself with Donald Trump, contradiction was central to his rags-to-riches biography.

Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case for celebrating abundance and variety.

Be wary of the recipes (all that glaze!), but there’s still delight in getting advice about etiquette, guest lists and fondue.

Archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.

Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.

Our critic on Deanna Raybourn’s “Kills Well With Others” and three more new books.