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“Lovers in Auschwitz” and “Cold Crematorium,” two works by journalists published 74 years apart, offer different ways of representing the horrors of the Holocaust.

Three new books look at the tensions — left, center, right and further right — in the Democratic and Republican parties.

Four new books look to fauna to get us through tough times.

Two new books bring attention to old discoveries with the potential to cure stubborn ailments and reveal the secrets of biology.

Three new books explore the complications of liberty and the seductions of authoritarianism in American life.

In “The Fourth Turning Is Here” and “End Times,” the historian Neil Howe and the social scientist Peter Turchin use generational analysis and Big Data to predict the crises to come.

The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.

Kiran Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is the favorite, but books by Andrew Miller, Katie Kitamura and Susan Choi are also in the running for the prestigious award.

The nominees for the prestigious award also include novels by David Szalay, Benjamin Markovits and Andrew Miller.

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