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Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human.

In “Baldwin: A Love Story,” Nicholas Boggs goes far beyond other scholars in tracing Baldwin’s relationships and their role in his work.

“Black Moses,” by Caleb Gayle, recounts the story of Edward McCabe, who dreamed of establishing a haven for Black settlers on the Western frontier.

“Born in Flames,” by the historian Bench Ansfield, recounts how the wave of urban arson in the 1970s devastated poor communities while enriching building owners.

“Dominion,” by Addie E. Citchens, recounts the many sins of a prominent household in a Mississippi town.

Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized” is a candid and intimate memoir of the exoticized Asian body.

In “Rope,” Tim Queeney makes a case for the humble material as the tie that binds human history.

The food writer Olia Hercules proves to be a great cook and a powerful family historian in “Strong Roots.”

In a new memoir, the British poet Raymond Antrobus describes the ways deafness has profoundly shaped his world.