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Her hits included “The Exorcist” and “The Thorn Birds,” as well as the autobiography of Betty Ford and an authorized biography of Warren Buffett.

Alexis Soloski’s new thriller follows the evolution, and erosion, of a young performer ensnared in a cultlike theater troupe.

In “Summer of Our Discontent,” the journalist Thomas Chatterton Williams argues that Floyd’s murder in 2020 upended American racial politics — with lasting, often adverse effects.

Emily Hunt Kivel’s novel, “Dwelling,” is a magical realist take on America’s housing crisis.

In a new book, the journalist Scott Anderson argues that America’s failure to predict and understand the 1979 revolution has hamstrung foreign policy ever since.

Jon Lee and Scott Anderson avoid being in the same conflict zone. But with new books publishing this month, they made a rare joint appearance in New Jersey.

Through the perspective of an unflappable social-media content moderator, Elaine Castillo’s new novel exposes the often invisible dirty work of the digital era.

In Lauren Grodstein’s latest novel, “A Dog in Georgia,” a New Yorker takes her identity crisis — along with her love for animals — abroad.

Nine artists on how American censorship changed their work and their lives.

Our critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai discuss some of their favorite books that take place on the road (and that aren’t “On the Road”).