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Holly Goddard Jones' debut novel is 'Gone Girl'-esque.

New picture books celebrate romantic and friendly affection.

Allison Glock knew early on that she wanted to be a writer.

Sister Souljah, best known in some circles as the rapper whom Bill Clinton criticized during the 1992 presidential campaign, has her third consecutive best seller with her new novel, “A Deeper Love Inside.”

Paperback books of particular interest.

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

In this young adult novel, characters encounter one another again and again.

Ruta Sepetys’s heroine grows up in a New Orleans brothel.

African immigrants bring new life to a small-town soccer team.

Creatures big and small (and metallic) venture beyond their cozy confines to explore exciting places and make new friends.

The characters in “The Rage,” Gene Kerrigan’s new police procedural, are struggling to get by in Dublin.

New books by Tim Crothers, Peter A. Galuszka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Lauren Slater.

Elizabeth L. Cline surveys the cultural, economic and environmental consequences of our never-ending hunt for low-priced clothing.

Did gifted generals really save the day for the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan?

A new history of the tactics and technological innovations that secured an Allied victory in World War II.

In a collage-like work of autobiography and criticism, David Shields considers the reading and writing life.

Five decades after her suicide, two biographies re-examine Sylvia Plath’s life.

Lost fathers and redemptive con men have their day in Jess Walter’s first story collection.

Corporate interests keep us from facing problems, Al Gore writes.

There’s an intimate connection between the works of Shakespeare and Maurice Sendak.