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In “The Country of the Blind,” Andrew Leland explores the history, the culture and the experiences of blind people.

In “Under the Eye of Power,” Colin Dickey unearths the long, disturbing history of fearmongering in American politics and culture.

He spent his career exploring will and deceit. Then came a sudden success: a bluntly titled book that found that one strain of dishonesty with a barnyard name was worse than lying.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, “Silver Nitrate,” is about friends whose attempt to lift an old curse unleashes something even more terrifying.

Khaled Khalifa’s new novel follows two friends through disaster and religious tension in early-20th-century Syria.

“Vanishing Maps” returns to the del Pino family, now spread across three continents and four generations.

Her best-known book, “Het Bittere Kruid” (“Bitter Herbs”), described her experiences as a young woman after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.

After fleeing the island in 1961, he became one of the leading voices of opposition against the country’s Communist dictatorship.

In Stephanie Bishop’s psychological thriller, “The Anniversary,” tragedy strikes on a cruise.

A critic recommends old and new books.