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A flurry of new books highlights broad disagreements over how to address the problem.

Words Without Borders, a magazine dedicated to literature in translation, is turning 20 at a fraught time. How to celebrate words when bombs are dropping?

Snippets of Michelle Williams’s narration of Britney Spears’s new memoir have proved explosively popular online. But what goes into selecting a celebrity reader for an audiobook?

A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage was auctioned by Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.

A prominent cookbook author, critic and memoirist, she reinvigorated the dishes of her native France with a globe-trotter’s sensibility.

As the former White House aide goes on a book tour, frankly discussing the men who felt free to comment on and assess her appearance, she has a more relaxed look.

“I would like not to be a hermit,” the former White House aide says upon the publication of a memoir about her journey down a political rabbit hole.

Aparna Nancherla always put her mental health struggles at the center of her comedy. Then they got so bad she couldn’t perform.

The Peloton instructor and author of “XOXO, Cody” is a big believer in the power of a cold plunge and sticking with therapy even when things are going well.

In four new picture books, lions, tigers and house cats stand in for young children as they rein in wild emotions or finally let out a roar.