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For his latest book, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère sat in a Parisian courthouse, absorbing grueling testimony about the 2015 massacre at the concert hall and other venues in the city.

In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.

In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for belonging in an adopted country.

In the last year, museums, book festivals, arts journals and other organizations have experienced bitter discord over what qualifies as tolerable speech about the conflict and its combatants.

The Hulu series unfolds in a Chinatown that “is both physical and psychological,” said Charles Yu, the creator. Here’s a look at how four key settings bring the story to life.

“It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She thanks her own mother for the gift of Margaret Atwood.

Recent books by Minsoo Kang, Margaret Killjoy and James S.A. Corey.

Our columnist on new books by David McCloskey, Sarah Sawyer and Ragnar Jónasson.

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into a streaming series.

Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”