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Our critic recommends old and new books.

The pioneering feminist scholar, who died this week, wrote about women, race, love, healing, pop culture and much more, always keeping Black women at the center.

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.

In 1968, the celebrated author of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” arrived at Hamilton College to teach and work on his magnum opus, “Roots.” Now, on the centenary of his birth, a former student recalls Haley’s class.

Shortly before the stroke that killed her, the author of the Vampire Chronicles and (with her son, Christopher) the forthcoming “Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris” answered questions from the Book Review.

Three dishy reads explore the homes, customs and history of Britain’s elite.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

A dangerously sexy ghost-befriending witch, a dessert shop owner, a witty divorced librarian: You’ll fall for the characters these new romance novels and stories.

“Making Darkness Light,” a new portrait of John Milton by the Oxford scholar Joe Moshenska, presents the poet as a radical writer and thinker, incorporating literary analysis and personal history as well as a fictional dinner party.

Weve gathered a selection of festive new titles for readers of all ages and backgrounds—from spiritual tales to seasonal poems and much more.