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What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild.

King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated and left for exile years ago. Now, his attempted comeback is giving his family a royal headache.

This season’s bounty includes volumes on far-out artists, unusual cats and enviable gardens.

Matt Dinniman introduced his series about an alien reality TV show free on the web. But readers ate up the goofy humor, now to the tune of 6 million books sold.

“Prince Faggot,” “Figaro/Faggots” and other productions use the word to shock, provoke, reclaim it for gay men or all of the above. Does that make it OK?

Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.

One fiction, one nonfiction (which he turns to at night). In “Future Boy,” he recalls juggling signature roles in “Back to the Future” and “Family Ties.”

Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.”

Need the perfect holiday gift? Try one of these recent releases.

The staff of the Book Review recommends unforgettable books that made our personal best-of-the-year lists.