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Julia May Jonas' "Vladimir" is a thrilling "Lolita" update in which the deliciously wicked narrator is not the male abuser but his wife.

A long-suffering wife weathers her husbands sex scandal, and forms her own dangerous sexual obsession on a younger man in darkly sexy "Vladimir."

Epics from Olga Tokarczuk and Marlon James, long-awaited new novels by Sheila Heti and Julie Otsuka and more.

Epics from Olga Tokarczuk and Marlon James, long-awaited new novels by Sheila Heti and Julie Otsuka, Chuck Klosterman’s investigation into the 1990s and more.

Antoine Wilson’s short novel “Mouth to Mouth” is about a man who saves another man’s life, inspired by Wilson’s own rescue experience. He discusses the book’s genesis and the narrative possibilities that generate readerly conversation.

Columnist Bill Ruehlmann recommends: a collection by Susan Orlean.

The United States’ democracy is being threatened by increasingly polarized politics. Other countries’ histories offer warnings and suggest possible solutions.

The United States’ democracy is being threatened by increasingly polarized politics. Other countries’ histories offer warnings and suggest possible solutions.

The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future

Susan Orlean is a gifted and well-read writer. I enjoyed reading The Library Book and therefore approached On Animals with eager anticipation. Less than a quarter of the way through it, my eager anticipation changed to bewilderment. How could a person who describes herself as “always a little animalish” and who states, “animals have always been my style” be so clueless and seemingly lacking in empathy with respect to the creatures with whom she claims such affinity?