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After 20 Years in a Men’s Prison, a Trans Woman Returns Home

Counting the Population Has Always Been Political

Beefcake, Goethe’s Boswell and the Greeks

Dungeons and Dragons: How the company behind the iconic game lost its away

Jared Kushner’s memoir is only inadvertently revealing

The ‘good criminals’ who help treat opioid addicts

In post-apartheid South Africa, dashed hopes and moral struggles

An ‘underclass’ made vulnerable to disease, then blamed for outbreaks

Michelle Tea’s memoir exposes the pain — and comedy — of infertility

Ali Hazelwood’s sort-of-secret life as a best-selling author

Carlos Ghosn always wanted more — and ended up losing everything

Beto O’Rourke’s book spotlights Texans’ struggles for voting rights

A reporter probes a powerful university — and fights with his editors

The messy, monumental task of conducting the U.S. census

A French bestseller considers Josef Mengele’s years on the run

Cecile Pineda, wide-ranging Latina author, dies at 89

Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72

In 1992, Salman Rushdie wasn’t sure he’d ever be safe

Beach bag refill: 12 books to get you to the end of summer

An inclusive look at women’s history, beyond White activists

The incredible feats and lonely life of sports legend Jim Thorpe

‘The Boys’ author Katie Hafner on her path from journalist to novelist

A veteran asks: What did the Afghan war mean for those who served?

Melissa Bank, literary chronicler of love and loss, dies at 61

Behind the scenes of ‘Bull Durham’ and its bittersweet take on baseball

The big bang created the universe. What created the big bang?

Tracing the Republican Party’s devolution to one man: Newt Gingrich

History’s famous delusions, those who believed them — and why

‘Bookish People’ is the perfect summer read for book lovers

‘The Year of Miracles’ is a welcome reminder to savor the small stuff

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