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Sarah Snook, camera operators and other crew members bring to life multitudes on Broadway via an elaborate synthesis of live action, live video and recorded video.

The band’s singer and bassist recounts his personal struggles and the dramatic ins and outs of the trio’s history in a new memoir, “Fahrenheit-182.”

T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.”

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

In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life.

In “Sad Tiger,” the French author Neige Sinno analyzes her memories of being abused as a child, alongside literature about incest and pedophilia.

In “Heartwood,” when an experienced hiker named Valerie vanishes, other women must crack the case.

Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure.

In “The Usual Desire to Kill,” Camilla Barnes finds the humor in a daughter’s aggravating visits to her aging parents at their run-down home in rural France.

Our critic on the month’s best releases.