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McKenzie Funk’s “The Hank Show” follows the improbable career of one man, and the surveillance state he helped create.

“American Gun,” by Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, recounts the grim history of the AR-15 rifle in unvarnished detail.

A book of photographs by Jimmy Metyko documents a fertile period of surf history.

In spooky stories by Ben Hatke, Remy Lai and the team of Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass, the secrets of the undead lead perilously close to home.

New essay collections by Myriam Gurba, Jenn Shapland and Wang Xiaobo treat public and private subjects with invigorating conviction.

Mona Awad’s new novel, “Rouge,” indicts the quest to be fairest of them all.

Marisa Meltzer’s “Glossy” recounts the millennial makeup company’s dewy rise and unglamorous plateau.

“The Rigor of Angels,” by William Egginton, considers how three very different men — Jorge Luis Borges, Immanuel Kant and Werner Heisenberg — rejected conventional assumptions about reality and embraced paradoxical truths instead.

In “The Last Politician,” Franklin Foer presents the first half of Biden’s presidency as a series of made-for-television moments meant to inspire doubters and assuage critics.

You know those battered, tattered recipe collections put out by Rotary Clubs, bridge groups and P.T.A.s across the country? They inspired this TikTok star’s best seller.