Half the novel is set amid an 1870s utopian community meltdown and the other half amid our own.

“Invisible’’ is Stephen L. Carter’s biography of his grandmother who was a famous prosecutor in the 1920s.

In Kiese Laymon’s staggering memoir “Heavy,” weight is both literal and metaphorical.

Librarians and booksellers reveal what they’re looking to see at the Boston Book Festival.

Visitors to the Old Corner Bookstore, which has four eateries on its ground floor, would never guess that it nurtured American literature.

Filmmakers rolled back the clock to the 1800s in the Back Bay on Sunday.

Afterglow @OBERON, Boston Book Festival, “We Will Not Be Silent,” and more.

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Princeton professor Imani Perry looks to turn a spotlight on writer and activist Lorraine Hansberry.

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s latest book is “Leadership: In Turbulent Times.”

Michael Beschloss’s history lends flesh and blood to leaders too often held up as gods of heartless villains.

“Killing Commendatore’’ follows a wobbly portrait painter and his Gatsby-like subject.

The writers featured in the keynote events include Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones, Anand Giridharadas, Steven Pinker , Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, and Kate DiCamillo.

The star of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and fan favorite from “The Office” shares charming essays that chronicle both her professional and personal life, from being a child to having one.

The former “A Prairie Home Companion” host, accused of sexual harassment, had been scheduled to appear at the Burlington Book Festival.

The supermodel writes about her panic attacks, breast enhancements, odd home remedies, and other issues in “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life.”

“The Hate U Give” has been a New York Times bestseller for 82 weeks. It was also the eighth most questioned book of 2017. Here’s why.

Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands, Salem Horror Festival, author Sarah Smarsh, and more.

This is Andre Dubus III’s first novel since “The Garden of Last Days,” in 2008.

The versatile Kate Atkinson’s latest book is “Transcription.’’

The Columbian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s new book is “The Shape of Ruins.’’

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In her breathtaking new poetry collection, “Midden,” Julia Bouwsma explores the Maine island.

Historian Joanne B. Freeman chronicles political violence leading up to the Civil War.

She’ll discuss her tenth mystery, “Trust Me,” on Oct. 3 at An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe in Plainville.

Art shows at Harvard reflect James Baldwin’s dedication to bearing witness to America’s beautiful and brutal truths.

The movie glosses over the obsession with status and materialism that permeates certain sectors of Chinese society in Asia.

The comedian’s latest one-man show comes to Broadway’s Cort Theatre Oct. 25.

A Conversation With Oprah Winfrey will be moderated by UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney Nov. 15.

Sarah Weinman works to reclaim the story of a real kidnap victim and motivate a reconsideration of Nabokov’s. 

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “Fear” will tackle questions on the Trump presidency.

The newly-minted author spoke with the Globe on his new book, “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.” 

Within an hour, the majority of spots in the 19,600-seat TD Garden arena were sold out.

A.R.T.’s “The Black Clown” isn’t just a stirring performance of the Langston Hughes poem. From Botham Jean to Colin Kaepernick to Reginald Andrade, it’s the circus of racism in America.

National Book Award finalist Elliot Ackerman’s “Waiting for Eden” is a ghost story rooted in the particulars of war.

Raymond Arsenault, author of “Arthur Ashe: A Life,” points out that the tennis great was also an activist, philanthropist, and public intellectual.

Doris Kearns Goodwin distills lessons from a study of four presidents who overcame withering challenges.

The former first lady’s book tour event — which comes to Boston Saturday, Nov. 24 — is shaping up to be the next must-see show in town.

The historian’s latest novel finds vampires grappling with love and their supernatural lives.

At the MFA, “Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic” celebrates the children’s-book bear.

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