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In “Prisoner of Lies,” Barry Werth tells the story of a young C.I.A. operative who spent two decades waiting out the postwar era in a Chinese jail cell.

In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.

Julia Armfield’s “Private Rites” is a contemporary reimagining of the Shakespearean tragedy, set in a flooded London.

In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion.

“Prophet Song,” a novel by Paul Lynch, is set in Dublin during a political crisis.

His new novel returns to a familiar setting to examine antisemitism, 20th-century history and nontraditional parenting.

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II.

Richard Flanagan’s new book progresses like a nuclear chain reaction, moving from personal narrative to world events.

In the memoir “Rabbit Heart,” Kristine S. Ervin explores the human being behind sensational headlines, and our culture’s insatiable thirst for other people’s tragedy.

In “Race Against Terror,” Tapper makes a courtroom drama out of the strange case of a jihadi fighter who turned himself in.