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More art is being produced and sold than ever before, at ever higher prices.

Sandra Allen’s “A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise,” which incorporates a memoir of mental illness, is a breakthrough in meta-biographical writing.

The forgotten theory of dreams that inspired Vladimir Nabokov

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Across the continent, racist groups have used the war on terror to gain a new platform.

A conversation with historian Elizabeth Catte, author of a new book that upends narratives about a region that has been dubbed Trump Country

Ursula Le Guin’s fiction explored the ultimate fantasy—of self-discovery and the power that comes with it.

Lisa Halliday’s "Asymmetry" presents two worlds in deeply ironic tension.

Prejudice is often coded into software, including tools used by the government.

Leïla Slimani's Prix Goncourt–winning novel hangs some fine social observations on a thin, sensationalized plot.

Two new books explain how the Klan gained so much power in the 1920s.

In his latest novel, Ismail Kadare examines the line between death and life, and between the individual and the state.

Thanks to missteps by Henry Holt, customers have struggled to get their hands on one of the biggest nonfiction sensations in years.

William Drozdiak's new book charts the tensions that have divided a continent.

Why an unscrupulous journalist is the ideal chronicler for an unscrupulous White House

The acclaimed author hopes Trump spurs more environmentalists to abandon the climate-change fight in favor of conservation.

Three new books trace a century of antiwar activists' visions for a more equal, peaceful world.

The Amazon Kindle didn’t change books ten years ago, and it won't change them in the next ten years, either.