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The best-selling novelist refuses to yield when it comes to writing software, but she’s had a bit of a change of heart on Barnes & Noble.

A conversation with the biographer Mary Gabriel, whose substantial new book offers a comprehensive and surprising look at the pop star’s life and career.

Cat Bohannon’s “Eve” is an opinionated clapback against centuries of male-centric evolutionary history.

The Nobel Prize winner writes about characters trying to transcend their worldly lives.

An illustrated ode to Richard Adams’s novel “Watership Down.”

In a new memoir, Rich Paul, known to many for his long association with LeBron James, details his difficult upbringing and the valuable lessons it taught him.

As a new novella and a new edition of “The Tale of Despereaux” remind us, her stories demand a lot from young readers, but the rewards can be magical.

A selection of recently published books.

In “Family Meal,” the author follows the jagged reunion of two former best friends, each grappling with grief and complicated relationships.

“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system.