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Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II.

Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other people.

In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.

In H.M. Bouwman’s wise and heartbreaking “Scattergood,” the shadow of the Holocaust reaches a farm girl trying to help her ailing friend.

The Nobel laureate’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” revisits a violent chapter in South Korean history.

In his new essay collection, Manuel Betancourt explores the beauty, depth and riches found in brief romantic encounters with unfamiliar people.

Tom Lamont’s debut novel, “Going Home,” considers the joys and frustrations of raising a child who is not your own.

In “Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife” the historian Hetta Howes seeks to relate to figures of the past.

In “The Rest Is Memory,” Lily Tuck imagines the life of a Polish teenager during the Holocaust.

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