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In “Pure Wit,” Francesca Peacock makes a fresh case for the writer Margaret Cavendish’s place in the feminist canon.

In “Sister, Sinner,” Claire Hoffman tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Aimee Semple McPherson, whose mysterious life made headlines in the 1920s.

Garth Greenwell takes on pain and illness in his new novel, “Small Rain.”

Like Max and Madeline, this boy and girl keep faith with the intangible treasures of their imaginations.

In Chris Pavone’s new novel, “The Doorman,” the real world closes in on residents of a luxury apartment building.

The famous Baltimore Orioles manager gets a vivid new biography, the book equivalent of “a screaming triple into the left field corner.”

Catherine Lacey’s “The Möbius Book” is both an elliptical novella and a seething memoir. Decoding the connections is at once frustrating and exhilarating.

Through an arduous summer of hiking, 13-year-old Finn Connelly finds common ground with his late firefighter father in Kate Messner’s new verse novel.

“The Woman in Me” reveals plenty about her life in the spotlight, and tempers well-earned bitterness with an enduring, insistent optimism.

Debut picture books by Jason Reynolds and Michael Datcher celebrate the cultural history of a neighborhood.