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Since 1979, Haruki Murakami has written more than a dozen imaginative novels concerned with the nature of reality. He says he tends to incorporate weird events that occur as he writes into otherwise realistic stories. The filmmaker Arthur Jafa has described a similar process of creating energy by placing dissonant scenes in proximity. In a

In his groundbreaking 1980 account of the baby boomers, “Great Expectations,” Landon Y. Jones predicted that this generation would pioneer a new model for old age. The cohort born between 1946 and 1964 “promises to be relatively healthier, better educated, and more certain of its desires,” Jones wrote. “For the baby boomers, to be old

It was probably inevitable that Patrick Radden Keefe’s gripping 2019 bestseller “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” would be adapted by Hollywood. Part thriller, part true-crime investigation, the nonfiction book uses one of the most heinous unsolved crimes of the Troubles — the 1972 disappearance of Jean McConville, a

Hardcover fiction 1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 2. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (Minotaur: $30) The 19th mystery in the Armand Gamache series. 3. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown & Co.: $30) LAPD

A slim science fiction novel that looks at our “precious and precarious” world through the eyes of six astronauts on the International Space Station has won the 2024 Booker Prize. Samantha Harvey, author of “Orbital,” took home the award Tuesday. The book focuses on a single day in the life of the astronauts on the

It happens maybe once in a writer’s life, if it happens at all: A narrative path is established, and then without warning, it swerves in a new direction that feels like a gift. This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in

Once, when Keke Palmer was a little girl, she asked to have Cheerios for dinner. Her parents told her no: They had already prepared a meal for the family, and besides, cereal was for breakfast. “If you don’t eat the dinner,” her mother advised, “then you’re going to be hungry.” “That’s OK,” the 4-year-old said,

As temperatures begin to drop, we welcome the arrival of the cozy season — a time that ignites a craving for captivating readings. Whether nestled on the couch or tucked in bed, there’s something uniquely comforting about indulging in a good book or an intriguing story while savoring your favorite hot beverage. To embrace the

How does a skinny, gay Welsh kid raised in a strict Jehovah’s Witnesses community become a famous Hollywood action movie star with credits on “Clash of the Titans” and the “Fast & Furious” franchise? As Luke Evans reveals in his candid memoir titled “Boy From the Valleys,” musical theater, singing lessons and friends in helpful