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In a stunning verdict, he was found not guilty of participating in the storied 1978 theft, retold in the film “Goodfellas.” Then he went to prison over a road rage incident.

The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has spent the last few weeks trying to make sense of the violence and loss around him. So far, he can’t.

Barbra Streisand’s mammoth biography, Stephanie Land’s follow-up to “Maid,” Sigrid Nunez’s new novel and more.

For 25 years, American culture has used her body to determine a woman’s worth. In “The Woman in Me,” she asks us to take a second look.

The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness.

A prolific journalist and author, he ignited an uproar with a less-than-flattering portrait of Charles and Diana’s marriage. “The most reviled man in Britain,” one newspaper called him.

Madeleine L’Engle’s domestic memoir; Julie Orringer’s humane short stories

Set during the pandemic, Sigrid Nunez’s new novel, “The Vulnerables,” is a story of unlikely companionship and personal reflection.

Three new books from different corners of conservative America talk about the ways Donald Trump disfigured the country and wrecked their public lives.

The author of “On Fire Island” wasn’t sure what to expect when she was invited to appear at a “Books & Burlesque” event. Here’s her unblushing report.