In “She-Wolves,” the historian Paulina Bren recounts the uphill — and ongoing — battle of women to break into the finance industry.

In “She-Wolves,” the historian Paulina Bren recounts the uphill — and ongoing — battle of women to break into the finance industry.

Richard Flanagan’s new book progresses like a nuclear chain reaction, moving from personal narrative to world events.

Richard Flanagan’s new book progresses like a nuclear chain reaction, moving from personal narrative to world events.

The Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez indicts our worst offenses in 12 haunting new stories.

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...

A private security officer and the famous novelist in her charge are pursued around the world by a killer in the delightful first book in Osman’s...

A private security officer and the famous novelist in her charge are pursued around the world by a killer in the delightful first book in Osman’s...

Garth Greenwell takes on pain and illness in his new novel, “Small Rain.”