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Everybody Is Talking About A.I. What the Heck Is It, Anyway?

A Return to the Fatherland in Search of a Missing Father

Dorm Room Revelations as Microcosms of a Culture

A New Martha Graham Biography Is a Study in Grace and Balance

2 Books That Wring Every Ounce From Their Story Lines

Like Nora Ephron, With a British Twist

What Do A.A., Burning Man and the Talmud Have in Common? This Guy.

Dan Jones Turned to Fiction After Dinner With George R.R. Martin

Murder on a Private Greek Island

Who Says a Novel About Guns and Opioids Can’t Be Funny?

In Vietnam, Star-Crossed Lovers Brave the Tides of War

91 Years in a Segregated Mental Institution

A Riveting Thriller Spun From Texts, Emails and WhatsApp Messages

Can You Find the 14 Best Sellers Hidden in This Text Puzzle?

Volodymyr Zelensky’s Greatest Performance

6 Great Historical Y.A. Novels That Illuminate the Past and the Present

2 Books Found via Other Books

6 Paperbacks to Read This Week

Audiobook of the Week: Two Broadway Stars Look Back on ‘Summer, 1976’

José Saramago’s Childhood Memoir Inspires Companion Picture Books

Janice Y.K. Lee Was Thrilled to Help Adapt Her Novel for Streaming

To Be a ‘Palatable Jew’ — in Germany in 1940, in the U.S. Today

Do You Recognize These Lines From Classic Young-Adult Novels?

How a Young Woman From the Ozarks Wound Up an ISIS Wife in Syria

Three Novels, Three Different Responses to Groupthink

Can You Escape the Algorithm? ‘Filterworld’ Gives It a Try.

A Canadian Short Story Master Comes to the U.S.

2 Novels About What’s-Their-Name

The Family Secrets Are Coming Out in This Queer Jewish Novel

Audiobook of the Week: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Be Useful’

Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music

5 Novels About Plagiarism

How Well Do You Know Paris and Its Literary Landmarks?

Two Friends Reunite. One Has a Secret.

In ‘Beautyland,’ an Awkward Alien Reports From Earth by Fax Machine

‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50

A Fresh Look at Grief, Featuring an Ever-Present Sidekick

What Happens When a Woman Wronged Resorts to Violence?

‘Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go’ Turns 50

8 New Books We Recommend This Week

Holly Jackson’s Maximization of Google Maps

Jill McCorkle Is Getting Over Her ‘Henry James Phobia’

In This Debut Novel, Power Plays and Contradictions Abound

Want to Feel, Intellectually, Like Someone Is Rotating Your Tires?