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In “No Ordinary Assignment,” the correspondent Jane Ferguson is candid about the fears and frustrations that come with her calling.

For the veteran N.B.A. point guard, publication month was a bittersweet mash-up of change, celebration and family.

Laura Trethewey’s “The Deepest Map” explores the new world of oceanic exploration — and its dangers.

In “The Red Hotel,” Alan Philps, a former Moscow correspondent, documents the lives of Western journalists under Stalin and traces through lines to media relations in Russia today.

In Arianna Reiche’s debut novel, “At the End of Every Day,” a death at an amusement park leads to the discovery of a mysterious underworld lurking beneath the attractions.

In “The Madam and the Spymaster,” a trio of journalists probe the story of a German bordello that purportedly doubled as a listening post.

“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.

“Dom Casmurro,” by Machado de Assis, teaches us to read — and reread — with precise detail and masterly obfuscation.

Brandon Taylor’s novel circulates among Iowa City residents, some privileged, some not, but all aware that their possibilities are contracting.