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In Harriet Lane’s latest novel, “Other People’s Fun,” the reunion of two former classmates takes a wicked turn.

“False War,” by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, follows the Cuban diaspora around the world.

In tracing the journeys of two frenemies with art-world aspirations, Anika Jade Levy’s “Flat Earth” distills the angst and aimlessness of a generation.

A congressional race rich in sex and social intrigue divides locals and weekenders in Brian Schaefer’s novel, “Town & Country.”

“Injustice,” by the veteran journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, follows federal prosecutors at work under the presidencies of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

His new novel returns to a familiar setting to examine antisemitism, 20th-century history and nontraditional parenting.

In “The Finest Hotel in Kabul,” the BBC journalist Lyse Doucet tells the story of a country through what was once its most luxurious hotel.

In “The Ephemerata,” the veteran graphic novelist Carol Tyler explores the nature of loss.

Stephen Graham Jones’s horror novel offers a visceral take on the vampire legend.

“Indignity,” by Lea Ypi, is a memoir, biography and imagined history prompted by a viral family photograph.