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It’s been a bumper year for books, from dystopian fiction and memoir to powerful stories about race and identity. Lindsay Baker rounds up BBC Culture’s picks.

Here’s something you don’t see every week: The Book Review’s July 4 cover was produced on an old-school letterpress. Here’s how it came together. Catherine Steadman talks about her new novel, “The Disappearing Act,” and Michael Dobbs discusses “King Richard,” his new book about Watergate.

Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. In Beck Dorey-Stein’s first novel, “Rock the Boat,” a 34-year-old woman ends up on the Jersey Shore, right where she started.

Mia Bloom and Sophie Moskalenko’s “Pastels and Pedophiles” looks at a dangerous movement that is growing in power. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.