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Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Spent,” is a domestic comedy about ethical consumption under capitalism.

In “Splendid Liberators,” Joe Jackson presents the U.S. wars in Cuba and the Philippines as part of a misguided project to spread freedom across the world.

In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.

In “Stag Dance,” Torrey Peters probes the complicated, evolving realities of queerness and trans life.

“Starry and Restless,” by Julia Cooke, delivers an immersive account of the pathbreaking careers of Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn and Emily Hahn.

In Hilary Plum’s novel “State Champ,” a mediocre receptionist goes on a hunger strike — only to question the purpose of protest.

Laura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be?

In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world around us; he erases it.

In “Stay Alive,” Ian Buruma paints a picture of the city dwellers who survived in Germany under the Nazis.

In Katherine Packert Burke’s debut novel, a woman is haunted by change while grappling with the death of a friend.