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In his best-selling books, notably the “Natchez Burning” trilogy, he addressed what one reviewer called “the pervasive impact of past events.”

In September, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Jane Austen’s classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions.

With the country facing a “reading crisis,” the Danish government plans to exempt books from a 25 percent value-added tax.

My sister and I fought so bitterly over our copy of “Little Women” that our mother had to buy a second one. Obviously, we didn’t learn much from the story.

Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized” is a candid and intimate memoir of the exoticized Asian body.

Our critic says Regina Black’s “August Lane” is the best book she’s read this year.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

This episode goes behind the scenes of the 1995 documentary; new mixes of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” are coming out; and an updated book is due.

The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.

Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.