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The writer Svetlana Alexievich, the author of oral histories who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, has given voice to thousands of ordinary Russians.

Louise Erdrich’s latest novel asks a deceptively simple question: Can a person “do the worst thing possible and still be loved”?

The mendacious children in a Henry James ghost story lean toward danger.

The author of “The Emperor of All Maladies” read some bizarre things researching his latest book, “The Gene,” “including comics from the 1950s that fantasized about future human mutants.”

Stephanie Danler’s first novel is about a young woman who falls deeply into her work in New York City’s restaurant world.

Two recordings give voice to classic tales from the children’s canon.

How to dress like a boss, speak like a prime mover, read scrawls like a sleuth and live like the French.

A vast chronicle of the Romanovs’ three centuries of rule is essentially a family story.

All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.

7:29 PM ETMs. Straub, whose book “Modern Lovers” comes out this month, wakes up early with her husband and two young kids, watches cheesy television and always keeps a good mozzarella on hand for pizza.

Three books explore the business models of companies that serve as multisided platforms that connect advertisers to consumers.

A peek at “The Bridge Ladies” and “Finding Fontainebleau.”

Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his new history of the Romanovs, and Laura Miller talks about new audiobooks of childhood favorites.

The businessman and philanthropist shares the titles he’d most want with him on a desert island.

Jo Baker’s novel focuses on Samuel Beckett’s years in wartime France, on the run from the Gestapo.

Botany and desire intertwine in a novel about relatives who receive a curious inheritance.

A biography of Alexander Herzen, the 19th-century Russian socialist writer.

Bronwen Riley paints a picture of a distant Roman colony by reconstructing the travels of an imperial officer.

New books by Misha Glenny, Timothy Egan and John Boessenecker.

New books about jazz.

Essays centering on the nature of human desires, forbidden and otherwise.

Readers respond to recent reviews of Don DeLillo’s “Zero K,” Angela Duckworth’s “Grit” and more.

A history of the Revolutionary War offers a complex portrait of Benedict Arnold.

Nine new books recommended by the editors of The New York Times Book Review this week.

Seven new paperbacks to check out this week.

Louise Erdrich, whose novel “LaRose” is No. 8 on the hardcover fiction list, says getting humor into her work is “the hardest thing.”

Selected by Matthew Zapruder.

Many of Ms. Tolchin’s books were written in collaboration with her husband, a journalist.

A new comics-inspired board book series from Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, and more.

Incorporating up-to-date devices and applications in fiction risks mayfly ephemerality.

German-born and a longtime professor at Columbia University, Mr. Stern identified themes and intellectual currents that led to Germany’s drift toward totalitarianism.

After some legal wrangling, a letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac will be offered at auction.

Listening in as three movers and shakers offer advice on taking companies to the top.

Checking out the in-car-entertainment value of nonfiction best sellers adapted for young readers.

Two books consider memorable shifts in the course of science and how to inspire them.

This novel centers on one of Kentucky’s oldest and most influential families in the thoroughbred business, but also tracks the lives and history of the family’s slaves and black workers.

“The Vegetarian” is Ms. Han’s first work to be translated into English; it was chosen by a panel of five judges, who considered 155 translated novels.