NYT Books

In “Friends Until the End,” James Grant explores the political passions and inspiring oratory of the British parliamentarians Edmund Burke and Charles Fox.

In C. Mallon’s novel, a teenager’s night out with friends dissolves into a collision of catastrophes.

In Emily Adrian’s “Seduction Theory,” two married creative writing professors have parallel affairs, with very different outcomes.

In “The Hounding,” by Xenobe Purvis, the atmosphere of paranoia and bloodthirsty groupthink in 18th-century England might feel uncomfortably familiar.

The novel “We Live Here Now” tracks the uncanny experiences of people connected to a mysterious installation artist.

A new book by the journalist Shoshana Walter brings needed scrutiny to bear on America’s drug treatment system.

Edward Lear, author of “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” and “A Book of Nonsense,” felt such a kinship with parrots that he wished he could become one.

With “Tonight in Jungleland,” Peter Ames Carlin looks deep inside the album that made Springsteen a rock star.

“The Feeling of Iron,” by Giaime Alonge, follows two Holocaust survivors on a quest for revenge.

Shobha Rao’s new novel, “Indian Country,” is a crime story as well as a multilayered saga of white empire in India and America.