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“The Morningside” reckons with climate change and its fallout while finding hope in the stories we preserve.

Anna Shechtman’s new memoir-history hybrid, “The Riddles of the Sphinx,” explores the gender politics behind one of the world’s most popular word games.

Two new books explore the liberal struggle against the illiberal currents that have plagued American progress.

In “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today.

In “With Darkness Came Stars,” the photorealist Audrey Flack offers a vivid, gossipy chronicle of her career among some of New York City’s most famous artists.

A love affair between jurors; reclaiming a classic.

Her lucid memoir, “One Way Back,” describes life before, during and after she testified that Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school.

In “Jaded,” a young lawyer searches for justice after she’s sexually assaulted by a colleague.

In his book “The New York Game,” Kevin Baker tells the origin story of the sport we know today.

In “Bad Animals,” Sarah Braunstein asks who has the right to tell a story — and whether it’s possible to get pulled into one against your will.