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On the Shelf Trashlands By Alison StineMira, 384 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent…

If the end-of-the-world genre seems downright somnambulant lately, “Awake” is jolting proof a fiendishly clever twist can shake it from its doldrums.In the effectively made, low-key but laser-focused thriller, something like a global…

Iranians are facing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and it is shaping up to be the worst since the start of the pandemic. According to official figures, there are no beds left in life support units anywhere in Iran. And there…