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In “Journey to Nowhere,” Shiva Naipaul reports on the aftermath of a cult’s disastrous turn away from idealism.

A new book by Michael Blanding chronicles the history of Hobby Lobby and its billionaire founder’s campaign to promote conservative Christian values.

A new book by the journalist Lauren Collins chronicles the ongoing effects of the violent takeover of Wilmington, N.C., on those living in its aftermath.

In Claire Vaye Watkins’s novel “Yellow Pine,” a single woman having an existential crisis decides now is the time to have a child.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Interested in these classic novels, but not sure where to start? Let our expert guide you.

The best-selling author Kerri Maher recommends books that transport readers to the decade of space travel, counterculture and tumultuous societal change.

Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?

Our columnist on three of the year’s most anticipated books.

Her best-known work, “Women Without Men,” was longlisted for the International Booker Prize this year.