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Three new books document obstacles to gender equality that, in the era that brought us #MeToo, Taylor Swift and the ‘girlboss,’ we thought we’d left behind.

The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg and Wiesbaden. An admirer of his books follows his footsteps.

Are they gas stations that serve food or restaurants that pump gas? A new photography book explores the lure of these restorative community rest stops.

Immerse yourself in tales of Machiavellian statecraft, Depression-era scandal and emotional turmoil on an R.A.F. air base.

Our columnist on the month’s best new releases.

Circus tigers, giant spiders, shifting borders and motherhood all threaten to end life as we know it in comics this month.

Immerse yourself in tales of Machiavellian statecraft, Depression-era scandal and emotional turmoil on an R.A.F. air base.

Our columnist on three riveting new reads.

“The Price of Power,” by Michael Tackett, reveals a legislator for whom political survival has been a top priority — even when it means supporting a “sleazeball” for the presidency.

Though she long felt a calling, Sister Monica Clare tried Hollywood first. Her book, and a visit, confirm the warmth — and fragility — of her new community.