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A memoir by a former high-end dealer depicts a largely unregulated industry where jet-setting extravagance goes hand in hand with guile and deceit.

In search of a connection between two worlds — one beloved, one baffling — a bibliophile made a musical pilgrimage.

This is the first time titles have been prohibited statewide, according to a free speech organization. The list includes books by Judy Blume and Margaret Atwood.

Casey McQuiston’s debut proved that queer romance can be a hit. In their latest novel, “The Pairing,” sex doesn’t only sell; it’s also “beautiful and really soul affirming.”

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, “The Seventh Veil of Salome,” follows strivers in 1950s Hollywood competing for a place in an industry that does not embrace them.

In her corrective “The Missing Thread,” the classical historian Daisy Dunn paints a fuller picture of the ancient world.

In “The Movement,” Clara Bingham captures the years 1963-73 in the voices of the women who lived it.

In “I Am on the Hit List,” Rollo Romig explores the political world of Gauri Lankesh.

Two new books look at how horses and primates helped each other grow from skittish little mammals to conquerors of the world.

Recognized literary translators — Jennifer Croft, Anton Hur, Bruna Dantas Lobato among them — are making the jump to publishing rosters as authors themselves.