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In “This Vast Enterprise,” Craig Fehrman refreshes a familiar story with a rich chorus of voices.

In “Israel: What Went Wrong?,” Omer Bartov charts how a nation founded in the wake of trauma abandoned the emancipatory impulse of its origins.

In “The Palm House,” Gwendoline Riley offers understated yet cleareyed observations of human behavior — this time about middle-aged Londoners struggling to stay relevant.

“How It Feels to Be Alive,” by Megan O’Grady, blends criticism with personal history to explore how and why art affects us.

In Sophie Mackintosh’s novel “Permanence,” cheating couples find themselves in an alternate world free of complication — and missing the mess.

Solvej Balle’s cult hit series about a woman trapped in a time loop continues with a fourth volume.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.

In “How to Be a Dissident,” Gal Beckerman offers an inspiring tour of famous renegades with lessons for the rabble-rousers of today.

Both authors share uncanny similarities of upbringing. But their culinary paths diverged sharply.

Julia Langbein’s novel considers the legions of women whose lives have been forever marred by compromising early relationships.