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A new history by Luke Barr chronicles the innovations, excesses and chauvinism of the French chefs who spawned a revolution in cooking.

In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing innovation, and the woman who fought for it.

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women.

As described by Gabriel Brownstein, the basis for one of Freud’s most famous cases posed as many questions as it answered.

“The Secret of Secrets” follows Robert Langdon as he tries to rescue his lover, a neuroscientist who is targeted by a mysterious organization after a breakthrough.

In “The Secret Public,” Jon Savage traces how music helped popularize queer culture, from the 1950s through the heyday of disco.

Jean Hanff Korelitz follows her hit thriller with the related tale of a novelist hounded by anonymous threats. But this writer aggressively aims to turn the page.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, “The Seventh Veil of Salome,” follows strivers in 1950s Hollywood competing for a place in an industry that does not embrace them.

In “The Showman,” the journalist Simon Shuster trails the entertainer-turned-wartime president as he rallies the world for support.

A Philadelphia chef goes searching for her family history in Jo Piazza’s sun-baked multigenerational tale “The Sicilian Inheritance.”