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Two exuberant new books chronicle the heyday of New York City’s criminal underworld on the Lower East Side.

The third novel in the author’s Morning Star series considers how the extreme can engulf the everyday.

In Kate Fagan’s novel, “The Three Lives of Cate Kay,” a best-selling writer decides to reveal the tragedy behind her success.

The new book by Adam Nagourney offers an in-depth look at how a newspaper navigated reporting challenges, financial crises and the transition to the digital era.

“The Tokyo Suite” explores class divisions in contemporary Brazil via the twinned stories of a high-powered TV executive and the desperate caretaker of her child.

In “The Trading Game,” Gary Stevenson spills secrets of the City.

A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars.

“The Troublemaker” is a brisk account of the life and work of Jimmy Lai, the media mogul and democracy activist currently on trial for national security offenses.

A previously unknown manuscript by Alice and Martin Provensen explores the ultimately unknowable psyche of a favorite feline.

A posthumous collection of essays by the anthropologist and activist David Graeber shows a bold thinker whose original arguments could strain credibility.