NYT Books

“Ordinary Human Failings,” a new novel by the Irish writer Megan Nolan, is a fierce and relentless account of characters trapped by circumstance and tragedy.

In her debut novel, “Redwood Court,” DéLana R.A. Dameron begins with an innocuous question: “What am I made of?”

In Rebecca K Reilly’s book, “Greta & Valdin,” two 20-something siblings navigate love, identity and growing up while wading through the maelstrom of contemporary life.

New books by Emily Ruth Verona, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher Golden and Tlotlo Tsamaase riff on classic tropes and deliver thrilling scares.

Plato and Pushkin, Mickey Mouse and “The Simpsons” make (permissible) appearances in this surprisingly zippy history of copyright protection.

In “Madness,” the journalist Antonia Hylton explores the hidden history of Crownsville Hospital, and America’s continuing failure to care for Black minds.

In “Martyr!,” the poet Kaveh Akbar turns a grieving young man’s search for meaning into a piercing family saga.

In “The Showman,” the journalist Simon Shuster trails the entertainer-turned-wartime president as he rallies the world for support.

The anthology “Burn Man” selects from decades of Mark Anthony Jarman’s work, bringing the writer’s lush and searing stories to new readers.

In “Our Moon,” Rebecca Boyle elucidates how Earth’s closest neighbor makes us what — and who — we are.