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He wrote richly detailed obituaries but was best known for “Final Salute,” an article and book about a U. S. Marine who helped comfort the families of troops killed in Iraq.

For the first time, Cassandra Peterson is telling her story about being sexually assaulted by Wilt Chamberlain in her new memoir.       

“The Dark Remains” captures perfectly the voice of the late William McIlvanney, master of Tartan Noir.

“Bewilderment,” longlisted for a National Book Award, follows a widower desperate to help his neurodivergent son.

Ohio poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib and reporter Clint Smith are among this year's longlist nominees for The National Book Award.       

“Misfits” revisits a powerful speech the “I May Destroy You” creator gave at the 2018 Edinburgh TV festival.

Set in the early 1960s, Colson Whitehead's "Harlem Shuffle" is an homage to the era's hard-boiled crime writers.       

Edited by Palestinian British writer Selma Dabbagh, this compilation brings together 101 works from more than 70 female writers.

Robert McCrum’s “Shakespearean” shows how the Bard speaks to many kinds of people in many different ways.

Dawn Turner’s memoir gives a tutorial of urban decay, White privilege, poor city planning and the influence of fads and digital advances on Black urban teenagers.

Rick Ross' new book, "The Perfect Day to Boss Up," includes tips for entrepreneurs and stories about friends including Kanye West.       

"Matrix" is the award-winning author Lauren Groff's sixth book and fourth novel, and it's a relentless exhibition of her freakish talent.       

David Rooney explores how ideas about time have shaped cultures and consciousness.

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Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead and Richard Powers all have new novels.

Carla Myerson, Laura Kilbride and Miriam Lewis couldn't recover from tragedy. Then another finds itself at their doorstep: A man has been murdered.