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A daughter of privilege, she mixed social satire with murder in a series of addictive mysteries.

He was a pioneering figure in Black British art whose rebellious, symbol-rich images explored race, queerness, desire and spirituality.

Our critic on the month’s best new books.

Childhood trauma led Chris Whitaker to write the novel. Meeting readers over the last year spurred him to realize he should have dealt with it sooner.

Our columnist on some stellar recent releases.

André Breton’s 1928 novel “Nadja” pays homage to a great love and to a great city.

Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is the topic of this month’s discussion.

He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point.

He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet and against cruelty to animals.

In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Catch,” a psychological thriller about twin sisters and their mother, whom they had presumed dead.