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In “Our Moon,” Rebecca Boyle elucidates how Earth’s closest neighbor makes us what — and who — we are.

Jessica Roy’s “American Girls” traces the divergent fates of two sisters through a saga of poverty, misogyny, abuse and terrorism.

An experiment in digital disengagement prompts Kyle Chayka to consider how technology has narrowed our choices and dulled the culture.

In Temim Fruchter’s debut, “City of Laughter,” a grieving daughter dives into her ancestors’ hidden pasts to find closure and meaning in her own life.

“Ilium,” by Lea Carpenter, follows a young woman torn between opposing forces in her double life.

In a series of revealing essays, the NPR contributor Nell Greenfieldboyce views the events of her life through the lens of natural phenomena.

“Invisible Man” “made me feel seen and heard,” the rapper-actor says. “I can return the favor.” His new book, “And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self” is out this month.

A rash decision to attend an anti-Qaddafi protest in London reverberates in Hisham Matar’s poignant and quietly suspenseful third novel.

Yaroslav Trofimov grew up in Kyiv. “Our Enemies Will Vanish” records his experience as a journalist for The Wall Street Journal assigned to cover the war.

In “Goldenseal,” Maria Hummel takes readers into a hotel room, then unfurls her characters’ complicated history.