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In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce.

A newly released collection of the Australian master’s short fiction shows her sympathy, her virtuosity and her ear.

Leo Damrosch traces the life of an imperialist turned anti-imperialist who wrote several exceptional books and one groundbreaking masterpiece.

In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties among 20th-century writers.

In “Strangers in the Land,” Michael Luo tells the story of the Chinese workers lured to the United States and expelled when 19th-century politicians turned against them.

Born into exceptional privilege, Belle Burden had it all: love, money, family. Then her marriage fell apart.

Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees” is a racy, thoughtful memoir of her tenure during the rise and fall of the controversial retail company.

In “Strong Passions,” the historian Barbara Weisberg tells the story of an explosive, lurid 1860s case that still resonates today.

The food writer Olia Hercules proves to be a great cook and a powerful family historian in “Strong Roots.”

In “Submersed,” Matthew Gavin Frank takes on the undersea universe of amateur submarine enthusiasts — and one obsession turned deadly.