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In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who co-opted their movement.

David James Duncan’s epic novel “Sun House” follows seekers and strivers in a Montana valley.

“Superbloom,” by Nicholas Carr, and “The Sirens’ Call,” by the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, argue that we are ill equipped to handle the infinite scroll of the information age.

“Survival Is a Promise,” a new biography by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, is an unabashed homage to the poet known for her political commitment and community building.

“Swallow the Ghost,” by Eugenie Montague, is an up-to-the-minute mystery that defies convention.

“Table for Two” is a collection of six stories and a novella set in two very different cultural capitals.

Joshua Leifer’s “Tablets Shattered” is both a history of Judaism in America and a cri de coeur from a heartbroken member of the tribe.

Yang Shuang-zi’s “Taiwan Travelogue,” a National Book Award finalist, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.

In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world.

In “Talk to Me,” Rich Benjamin investigates his family’s harrowing past to better understand the troubles that continued to plague them.