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Michael Douglas and Sylvester Stallone are among the tough (and tough-ish) guys getting personal in memoirs this fall.

More than just instruction on how to use a weapon, the courses teach a way of life, the sociologist Harel Shapira argues in “Basic Pistol.”

The man who admitted to stealing hundreds of manuscripts swore he’d never do it again. New online skulduggery resembles his old tricks, and then some.

“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize.

On the novel’s 50th anniversary, her son, the novelist Christopher Rice, looks at the story behind the story.

In October, the Book Review Book Club will read Cline’s latest, about a man with dementia who has decided to end his life on his own terms.

A new book by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz recounts how violent resistance by a group of armed Black men fueled the fight over slavery.

Lois Lowry pioneered dystopian fiction for young readers. “Building 903” adds to her legacy.

The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.

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