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In “The Arrogant Ape,” the primatologist Christine Webb takes a hard look at our human superiority complex, and is not impressed.

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look.

The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.”

Emily Wilson’s translation of the “Iliad” brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life.

New books by Bora Chung, Rafael Frumkin and Laird Hunt explore the chaotic intricacies of being alive.

The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win.

“1929,” by the New York Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin, is a tale of greed, corruption and incompetence to shock the conscience.

“2024,” a campaign book by three seasoned political journalists, immerses readers in the chaos and ironies of the race for the White House.

Philippe Sands considers the case of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, who eluded efforts to bring him to account for state-sponsored terror in Chile.

In its first half-century, Ms. magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world and made trouble. It was a start.