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A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better.

A scion of wealth claimed self-defense and invoked a sinister blackmailing ring. But, James Polchin asks, what did they have on him?

In “Shakespeare’s Sisters,” the Renaissance scholar Ramie Targoff presents an astounding group of Elizabethan women of letters.

Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders” runs from 2040 to 2014, showing how a cast of unsettled characters arrived at their current predicament.

In her debut novel, Emily Habeck sets up an unusual conundrum for a pair of newlyweds.

In “She-Wolves,” the historian Paulina Bren recounts the uphill — and ongoing — battle of women to break into the finance industry.

In Lily Meyer’s first novel, “Short War,” love and family ties are tested by a nation’s upheaval.

Her story collection is about the thorny conundrums of being alive.

Betsy Lerner’s assured first novel, “Shred Sisters,” maps the effects of a daughter’s volatility on her parents and younger sister.

In “Sins of the Shovel,” Rachel Morgan describes the dark, chaotic early days of American archaeology.