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In “The Revolutionary Temper,” the historian Robert Darnton immerses readers in the world of the everyday Parisians who would help topple the monarchy of Louis XVI.

In her searching new novel, Jazmina Barrera threads together loss, needlework and the hypnotic coming-of-age tale of three Mexican teenagers.

As recounted in Jennet Conant’s biography, Marguerite Higgins played the high-stakes game of journalism in a man’s world.

Two art books revisit 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Elizabeth Gould.

Libraries across Europe appear to be facing attacks from cybercriminals. At Britain’s national library, an “incident” is sending scholars back to an analog age.

El libro de la estrella del pop es una obra colectiva. Otros tres autores participaron.

The former poet laureate examines our country’s oldest wounds — and ongoing racism — through the lens of her own family’s experience.

At the age of 80, Sly Stone has finally produced his memoir, and it gives a strong sense of this giant’s voice and sensibility.

Jeanne DuPrau’s “Project F,” Patricia Forde’s “The Girl Who Fell to Earth” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “Alebrijes” answer the question, Could this be the beginning of the end?

“Same Bed Different Dreams” is the rare sophomore novel that has the wild, freewheeling ambition of a debut.