In “Things That Go Bump in the Universe,” the astronomer C. Renée James writes about what we can learn from the more exotic shapes and sounds in outer space.
In Gráinne O’Hare’s witty debut, “Thirst Trap,” 30th birthdays — and an unexpected death — signal new horizons (if not sobriety) for three longtime friends in Belfast.
Tochi Eze’s novel, “This Kind of Trouble,” circles between the 1900s and the 2000s, and between Atlanta and Nigeria, in a sweeping story of colonialism and its aftershocks.