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In “The Lumumba Plot,” the Foreign Affairs editor Stuart A. Reid asks whether the Central Intelligence Agency was involved in the death of one of Africa’s most famous post-colonial politicians.

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

In “The Magnificent Ruins,” an Indian expatriate reunites with her estranged family after her grandfather unexpectedly made her heir to his estate.

Elon Green’s telling of the life and death of the artist Michael Stewart is filled with heartbreaking echoes of the present.

Annabelle Tometich’s “The Mango Tree” provides an unvarnished look at her mother, who shot a BB gun at the truck of a purported fruit thief.

Two new picture books dive into refugee childhoods.

Benjamín Labatut’s novel “The Maniac” examines the dawn of the nuclear age and the brilliant, sometimes troubled minds behind it.

In “The Manor of Dreams,” two sets of women navigate both a contested inheritance and paranormal activity after a devastating death.

The bibliophiles in Christopher de Hamel’s lavishly illustrated book ensured the survival of medieval texts over centuries.

In a new book, Clare Carlisle considers the powerful partnership between the Victorian novelist and the de facto husband who tended her career.