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Writing from Taiwan, she shaped her readers’ idea of romantic love with a raft of best sellers, many adapted for the screen. Newborns were named after her characters.

A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary circles but also among casual readers.

Leanne Morgan went from helping her husband sell mobile homes to sudden success in her 50s.

Here are the novels our columnist loved most.

In “A Century of Tomorrows,” Glenn Adamson offers a hurtling history of the art, science and big business of looking ahead.

The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist.

Lucy Foley, the author of “The Guest List,” recommends books about the most intimate of dramas, including twisty mysteries and all-time favorites like “Rebecca” and “Gone Girl.”

A Don DeLillo novel; a Joy Williams short story.

Fabienne Josaphat’s novel “Kingdom of No Tomorrow” sets a love triangle amid late-1960s Oakland and Chicago.