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In “The Miraculous From the Material,” the best-selling author Alan Lightman examines the science behind the wonder.

In her corrective “The Missing Thread,” the classical historian Daisy Dunn paints a fuller picture of the ancient world.

The journalist Tim Weiner investigates the mishaps that ensued when American intelligence scrambled to remake itself after the fall of communism.

In “The Mixed Marriage Project,” Dorothy Roberts reflects on her anthropologist father’s lifelong project: to document — and promote — interracial marriages like his own.

Clare Pollard’s novel “The Modern Fairies” reanimates 25 classic tales through a contemporary lens.

In “The Money Kings,” Daniel Schulman tells the story of the Jewish immigrants who came to the United States and helped build America’s modern economic system.

After devoting her first novel to her wild mother, Violaine Huisman focuses her second on her father, a man who amassed wealth, love affairs and stories.

“The Morningside” reckons with climate change and its fallout while finding hope in the stories we preserve.

“The Most Secret Memory of Men,” by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, examines a plagiarism case and the place of African literature in the West.

In Alexis Landau’s ambitious new novel, “The Mother of All Things,” the frustrations of modern parenting echo through the ages.