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In “The Language Puzzle,” the archaeologist Steven Mithen asks exactly how our species started speaking.

In Munir Hachemi’s novel “Living Things,” four young men seek adventure for “literary capital” and find exploitation.

In “The Indispensable Right,” Jonathan Turley argues that the First Amendment has been deeply compromised from the start.

In “A Place of Our Own,” June Thomas considers “six spaces that shaped queer women’s culture.”

“Same as It Ever Was,” by Claire Lombardo, is a 500-page, multigenerational examination of the ties that bind.

In her new book, Jessica Goudeau confronts a history of racism and violence in Texas through an investigation of her ancestors’ stories.

Joseph Earl Thomas’s new novel, “God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer,” follows a health care worker on a tumultuous shift where every other patient seems to be someone from his past.

A comprehensive new biography, by Michael Nott, lays bare the tragic circumstances behind a brilliant iconoclast’s life and work.

In Akwaeke Emezi’s latest novel, “Little Rot,” two exes trying to recover after a breakup inadvertently stumble into a dark, disturbing and dangerous side of Nigeria.

In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life, work and influence.