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Review 'Be Mine: A Frank Bascombe Novel' By Richard FordEcco: 352 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees…

Review 'Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421' By T.J. NewmanAvid Reader: 304 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose…

When he was a young boy growing up in San Diego, author Luis Alberto Urrea opened the Pandora’s box that eventually led to his new novel, “Good Night, Irene.” Urrea’s mother, Phyllis Irene…

It’s close to midnight, two weeks into a precious writing residency in New Hampshire where I have come to finish a novel. My telephone rings.From Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, a few thousand…

Review The Guest By Emma CllineRandom House: 304 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent…

By AFP Prominent Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga on Monday won an appeal against an "inciting violence" conviction she received for staging a silent protest.…

A hard rain passed over Dana Point. Seals swam beneath broken clouds. A chill settled in amid the scent of cut bait, but no boats were sailing for open water. “You know,” said Don Winslow,…

“I was inspired by the bravery of these women,” says Victor LaValle of the history that gave rise to his latest hybrid novel, “Lone Women.”(Teddy Wolff) On the Shelf…

On the Shelf Biography of X By Catherine LaceyFSG: 416 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support…

Mona Simpson, in her backyard with her dog Copperfield, in Santa Monica. Her newest novel, “Commitment,” is inspired by her mother — and L.A.(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles…