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2 Books to Make You Love Karaoke, or at Least Respect It

In a memoir and a novel, the characters deal with grief by singing in front of strangers.

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Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok

The author of “Funny Story” churned out five consecutive No. 1 best-sellers without leaving her comfort zone. How did she pull it off?

Elisabeth Egan | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Gabrielle Zevin Loves Edith Wharton, but Not ‘Ethan Frome’

“It doesn’t make me esteem Wharton less. If anything, I take comfort in it, as a novelist.” Her own smash book “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” is out in paperback.

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2 Novels Set Over Very Memorable Days

A dinner party at the other woman’s house; the evening before a jail sentence.

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Thomas J. McCormack Dies at 92; Transformed St. Martin’s Press

He turned “an insignificant trade house” into a powerhouse, publishing best sellers like “The Silence of the Lambs” and “All Creatures Great and Small.”

Sam Roberts | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

You’ve Seen the Movie — Now Name the Book That Inspired It

This quick quiz challenges you to identify a film’s source material based on a photo. Click here to play!

J. D. Biersdorfer | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

Millions of Americans Watched ‘The Apprentice.’ Now We Are Living It.

As a new book by Ramin Setoodeh shows, Donald Trump brought the vulgar theatrics he honed on TV to his life in politics.

Jennifer Szalai | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

R.O. Kwon: ‘I Want More of People’s Bodies, Especially in Fiction’

To write “Exhibit,” the queer novelist says she had to pretend that no one would read it. “By writing things I’m afraid of saying, I might stand a chance of voicing what I, too, really need and long to see in words.”

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The 1990s Were Weirder Than You Think. We’re Feeling the Effects.

In “When the Clock Broke,” John Ganz shows how a decade remembered as one of placid consensus was roiled by resentment, unrest and the rise of the radical right.

Jennifer Szalai | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

At 17, She Fell in Love With a 47-Year-Old. Now She Questions the Story.

Jill Ciment’s 1996 memoir “Half a Life” described her teenage affair with the man she eventually married. Her new memoir, “Consent,” dramatically revises some details.

Alexandra Alter | NYTimes Books | Disclosure

How Did Cats Take Over the World? One Bizarre Drawing at a Time.

In “Catland,” Kathryn Hughes has a theory about our obsession with our feline friends — and one cat lover in particular.

Leah Reich | NYTimes Books | Disclosure