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In her debut novel, “ The Instrumentalist,” Harriet Constable paints a vivid and nuanced portrait of the groundbreaking 18th-century violinist and conductor Anna Maria della Pietà.

In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell us more about us than them.

In Nora Fussner’s new novel, the jaded producers of “Searching For … the Invisible World” are pulled into a haunted story they initially refuse to believe.

In “The Killing Fields of East New York,” Stacy Horn profiles one 1990s white-collar crime spree and the wreckage it left behind.

In his new book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” the journalist Tim Alberta subjects his faith’s embrace of right-wing extremism to critical scrutiny.

“The Lady of the Mine,” by Sergei Lebedev, takes place during Russia’s 2014 invasion.

Two new novels riff on fairy tales to explore mothers with unusual hungers and daughters trying to survive them.

In “The Language Puzzle,” the archaeologist Steven Mithen asks exactly how our species started speaking.

In a new book, Manjula Martin explores her accommodation to life in Northern California in an era of increasingly extreme weather.

In “The Last Politician,” Franklin Foer presents the first half of Biden’s presidency as a series of made-for-television moments meant to inspire doubters and assuage critics.