NYT Books

Douglas Stuart’s latest novel follows a profoundly isolated father and son, each grappling with long-held secrets.

“Plant Lady,” by the Korean novelist Minyoung Kang, imagines an urban haven for women who need an escape from dangerous men.

In Riley Sager’s “The Unknown,” actresses on a research trip stumble into a paranormal mystery.

In “The Savage Landscape,” the nature writer Cal Flyn argues that wilderness is just one more man-made invention.

In August, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Patrick Radden Keefe’s dazzling investigation into the death of a British teenager.

The first serious biography of Albert Sabin recounts the pivotal role he played in the development of a polio vaccine.

The best-selling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray recommend gripping books that illuminate hidden chapters of the city’s past.

Also among the 13 works up for the British literary award are the latest books from Douglas Stuart, Gwendoline Riley and Emma Cline.

“All That’s Unseen,” by Emilee Hackney, an eighth-generation Appalachian, offers a portrait both loving and cleareyed of the region that formed her.

A new book by the historian Micki McElya considers how the politics of beauty both shaped and divided the women’s movement.