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Ian Buruma’s forthcoming book is about the months following the end of World War II.

In China, “bureaucracy lit” cuts the red tape for the civil-service-minded.

A look at today's buzz in the book and publishing world.

Christoph Irmscher studies the contributions and contradictions of the pioneering scientist Louis Agassiz.

A reader responds to a recent view of Jami Attenberg’s “Middlesteins.”

A reader responds to a recent review of James Owen Weatherall’s “Physics of Wall Street.”

Readers respond to a recent review of Joyce Johnson’s “The Voice Is All.”

The author of “Insane City” spent his childhood reading “Richie Rich,” “Archie” and “Batman” comics: “pretty much anything unlikely to inspire intellectual development.”

Nicole Georges' graphic memoir has earned raves from Rachel Maddow and others.

A translation of the famously knotty James Joyce novel has sold 8,000 copies, thanks in part to an innovative marketing campaign.

Ms. Poehler, the "Saturday Night Live" alumna and star of "Parks and Recreation," is writing a memoir in the form of "an illustrated, nonlinear diary" for the It Books imprint of HarperCollins.

"The Private War of J.D. Salinger," a biography of the reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye," draws on interviews with more than 150 people who worked with and knew Salinger or were influenced by his work.