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In her new memoir, “Grief Is for People,” Sloane Crosley works through the death of a beloved friend and mentor.

A true-crime case that could only happen in Florida is at the heart of Mikita Brottman’s “Guilty Creatures.”

Mo Ogrodnik’s novel, “Gulf,” follows characters from different countries and classes confronting the region’s forced stratification into oppressor and oppressed.

In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.

In the journalist Dan Kois’s new book, “Hampton Heights,” a group of middle-school boys discover magic and frights in an unassuming Milwaukee enclave.

“Hangman,” by Maya Binyam, follows the narrator on a disorienting trip back to his native country.

In “Happy,” by Celina Baljeet Basra, a Punjabi farmer with big dreams finds more challenges than opportunity after he emigrates to Europe.

“Hard Girls,” by J. Robert Lennon, delves into family lives built on deception and abandonment.

In “Harmattan Season,” the search for a missing woman uncovers a scheme that could change the fate of an occupied city in West Africa.

Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel, “Headshot,” spotlights eight boxers in a national tournament and the struggles of their inner lives.