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A new book by the historian Ian Kumekawa tracks the varied career of a gigantic boat in an era of profound economic change.

In “The Peepshow,” Kate Summerscale tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a sensational murder case that rocked 1950s London.

In Franziska Gänsler’s novel, “Eternal Summer,” a tenuous bond forms between strangers stranded in a hotel as the world burns.

In “The Original Daughter,” the debut novel by Jemimah Wei, a Singaporean family craters under the weight of ambition, jealousy and things left unsaid.

Bridget Read’s “Little Bosses Everywhere” exposes the deceptions of direct-selling companies that make their profit not off customers but off their own sales force.

In “The Dazzling Paget Sisters,” Ariane Bankes unearths the writings of her high-society mother and aunt, getting glimpses at the 20th-century figures with whom they cavorted.

In a new history, Ted Genoways explores the dramatic life of an enigmatic figure who revolutionized his country’s spirits industry.

The best-selling romance author Carley Fortune recommends books whose high stakes and buried traumas make their love stories all the more satisfying.

“Good choice, Daddy. Very nice,” she said sarcastically, given what he was making for dinner. The chef and humanitarian’s new book is “Change the Recipe.”

In their new book, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle admit they don’t have the key to happiness. And their podcast audience loves them for it.