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His work examined the tensions between his country’s social and economic strata, as well as his roots in postindustrial Leeds.

In Britain, he sought to be “free not to have to puff some prince’s wedding / free to say up yours to Tony Blair.”

The self-help guru is joining the hotel mogul Sam Nazarian to open a chain of luxury preventive-medicine resorts, aiming for a slice of the $5.6 trillion wellness industry.

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why she’s taking a break.

Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s reckoning with Gaza took the nonfiction prize.

Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.

Our columnist on some recent favorites.

A visit to the English manor that inspired “A Secret Garden” or a stroll through Tintin’s Brussels can turn stories into treasured memories.

Obsessed with comics from a young age, she was a pioneer in a male-dominated field and later documented the contributions of other women.

Obsessed with comics from a young age, she was a pioneer in a male-dominated field and later documented the contributions of other women.