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New novels from R.O. Kwon, Kevin Kwan and Miranda July; a reappraisal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; memoirs from Brittney Griner and Kathleen Hanna — and more.

Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

The actress Jodie Comer recasts her Tony-winning turn in Suzie Miller’s hit play “Prima Facie” for a new novelization.

A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this.

The writer Dolly Alderton has long had an avid following in her native England, but with her best-selling comic novel “Good Material” she’s become a trans-Atlantic success.

“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind.

“Lublin,” a novel by Manya Wilkinson, brings together a quest fable and a dark history with disarming humor.

Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat’s “Made in Asian America” spotlights young people who defy erasure and make their own history.

These authors investigate the interior lives of Palestinians charged with violence and probe the confines of Israeli prisons.