In her engrossing book “A Wilder Shore,” Camille Peri tells the story of R.L.S. and his American wife, Fanny Van de Grift.

In “House of Bone and Rain,” Gabino Iglesias sets a supernatural revenge fantasy against the approach of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

In “Keeping the Faith,” Brenda Wineapple finds an ongoing battle over the soul of America in a century-old trial.

Joshua Leifer’s “Tablets Shattered” is both a history of Judaism in America and a cri de coeur from a heartbroken member of the tribe.

In his fast-paced novel, Alejandro Puyana recounts the struggles and impossible choices of a family in deeply troubled Venezuela.

Ian Frazier’s history roams far and wide, on foot and in the archives, celebrating (if not romanticizing) a perennially “in between” part of New...

In “Prisoner of Lies,” Barry Werth tells the story of a young C.I.A. operative who spent two decades waiting out the postwar era in a Chinese jail...

In her debut novel, “ The Instrumentalist,” Harriet Constable paints a vivid and nuanced portrait of the groundbreaking 18th-century violinist and...

A new novel recalls a dark period of El Salvador’s history, as well as Hollywood’s Golden Age and the art salons of Paris.

In 1969, Honor Moore was granted an abortion by a Connecticut psychiatrist, and went on with her life. In 2024, she reckons with the fallout.