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Rachel Maddow’s “Prequel” and Heather Cox Richardson’s “Democracy Awakening” follow plots against America hatched by homegrown autocrats.

In “Prisoner of Lies,” Barry Werth tells the story of a young C.I.A. operative who spent two decades waiting out the postwar era in a Chinese jail cell.

In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.

Julia Armfield’s “Private Rites” is a contemporary reimagining of the Shakespearean tragedy, set in a flooded London.

In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion.

“Prophet Song,” a novel by Paul Lynch, is set in Dublin during a political crisis.

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II.

Richard Flanagan’s new book progresses like a nuclear chain reaction, moving from personal narrative to world events.

In the memoir “Rabbit Heart,” Kristine S. Ervin explores the human being behind sensational headlines, and our culture’s insatiable thirst for other people’s tragedy.

In his thoroughly researched “Radiant,” Brad Gooch considers the short, blazing life of the ’80s artist, activist and man about downtown.