Vincent Bevins’s “If We Burn” and Robert D. Kaplan’s “The Loom of Time” consider protest movements of the past and the drive for democracy in countries like Egypt, Syria and Iraq.
A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley’s most famous work.
In his fond memoir “Making It So,” the actor traces the path from the working class to the Shakespearean stage to “Star Trek” superstardom.
Amy Schneider’s new memoir, “In the Form of a Question,” captures a life of bold choices well beyond wagers on the Daily Double.
“Going Infinite,” Lewis’s new book about the disgraced crypto billionaire, defies the author’s winning formula of upbeat narratives and unsung genius.
A one-woman show that used her date with a white hipster to talk about life, race, love and sex, led an editor to sign her to write two novels.
In his memoir “The Controversialist,” Martin Peretz reflects on his long tenure as publisher and editor of The New Republic.
Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.
His new graphic novel, “Monica,” is a mother-daughter tale steeped in counterculture and cataclysm.
In “Brooklyn Crime Novel,” the veteran author transports readers to a conflicted time in the old neighborhood.
In “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” Nathan Thrall untangles the political and personal story of a bus crash on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon the pages of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,” set in the same moldering mansion as Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel.
Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.
Melissa Broder’s “Death Valley” follows a grieving narrator through her reconnection to the earth.
Trained as a physicist and biologist, she argued that science had become gendered, with a narrow masculine framework that distorted inquiry.
A Hollywood memoir; a call-girl novel
The Peruvian author wants to “decolonize” everything — starting with her body and her family. Her latest book, “Undiscovered,” investigates the 19th-century European explorer that shares her last name.
The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much fun.”
“Collision of Power,” Martin Baron’s memoir of his tenure as the paper’s executive editor, is a gripping chronicle of politics and journalism in a period of instability for both.
In “Brutalities: A Love Story,” Margo Steines chronicles her lifelong fixation with being hurt — and shows herself some compassion.
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