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Rachel Lyon’s novel “Fruit of the Dead” updates the Greek myth with a pharma tycoon who lures an aimless slacker to his private island.

In “Funny Because It’s True,” Christine Wenc offers an idiosyncratic history of The Onion, the publication that made the media its chief satirical target.

“Furious Minds,” by Laura K. Field, traces the ascendancy of hard-right thinkers whose contempt for liberal democracy is shaping American politics.

“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.

In “Gabriel’s Moon,” William Boyd follows a writer who is drawn into an espionage plot and a global crisis.

In “Gator Country,” Rebecca Renner goes beyond the stereotypes to pay tribute to her beloved Everglades.

In his latest book, the German historian Volker Ullrich describes a nation buffeted by poverty, hyperinflation and political extremism, but managing — for the moment — to thwart Hitler’s ascent.

The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and legacy, taking her at her word.

In “Ghosted,” Alice Vernon explores the human urge to pierce the veil — and the many mediums, charlatans and true believers who made it an enduring industry.

In “Giant Love,” the novelist’s great-niece chronicles the Texas saga’s divisive reception and the epic film adaptation that’s now better known than the book.