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In a new collection, Etgar Keret offers tales of humanity in the strangest of circumstances.

In “Autocracy, Inc.,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes account of the financial institutions and trade deals that have helped spread tyranny across the world.

In “Bad Animals,” Sarah Braunstein asks who has the right to tell a story — and whether it’s possible to get pulled into one against your will.

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs.

Alana S. Portero’s debut, “Bad Habit,” follows one woman’s coming-of-age in a blue-collar Madrid neighborhood.

In Halle Butler’s new book, “Banal Nightmare,” a 30-something woman returns to her hometown to get out of a rut and reassess her life after a bad breakup.

Tom Clavin’s “Bandit Heaven” takes us down the “Outlaw Trail” with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

In “Bartleby and Me,” Gay Talese recalls ink-stained colleagues, shares trade secrets and digs through the ruins of a truly explosive Manhattan marriage.

Two new books about the platform chronicle its leadership under first Jack Dorsey and now Elon Musk, portraying a site reeling from user disaffection and gross mismanagement.

In “Baumgartner,” a professor contends with mortality and the haunting memory of his wife.