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In “Making the Presidency,” Lindsay M. Chervinsky argues that John Adams established what it means to be America’s commander in chief.

In a newly translated biography, Maurizio Serra pierces the self-mythologizing of the acclaimed writer Curzio Malaparte, who was a seductive mouthpiece for a violent ideology.

In Marcela Fuentes’s novel, “Malas,” a troubled teenager finds refuge in music and in a recluse with a dark history.

The National Book Award-winning author shows young readers a humane political philosophy that many adults still fail to appreciate.

In a world worth exploring, our reviewer argues, an occasional spill is the price of admission.

The protagonist of Eva Baltasar’s novel “Mammoth” contains multitudes, and that’s the way she likes it.

In Lionel Shriver’s new novel, judging intelligence and competence is a form of bigotry.

Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.

Young, single and broke, a new mom finds creative ways to stay afloat in Rufi Thorpe’s deft comic novel “Margo’s Got Money Troubles.”

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.