NYT Books

A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars.

A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better.

Jinwoo Chong’s new novel, “I Leave It Up to You,” is a story of food, family and new beginnings after a tragedy.

The narrator of Ada Calhoun’s autofictional “Crush” strives toward “holiness” — in an extramarital affair.

In Agustina Bazterrica’s new novel, “The Unworthy,” a dystopian future ravaged by climate change has stripped the world of food, water and human connection.

In Laila Lalami’s new novel, a woman finds herself trapped in a nightmarish system of surveillance and detention.

In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world.

“How to End a Story” collects three volumes of the Australian novelist’s self-conscious, sometimes harrowing journals.

Two new memoirs show the commonalities — and differences — in the end of every marriage.

In Jeremy Gordon’s novel, “See Friendship,” a journalist reinvestigates his past, only to discover the story he was told about his friend’s death wasn’t true.