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Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s “To the Mountaintop” helps a new generation understand a pivotal — and still relevant — moment in American history.

Edward St. Aubyn’s “At Last” is the final installment of a remarkable cycle of novels chronicling the life of Mr. St. Aubyn’s alter ego, Patrick, while painting a portrait of the upper-class British world his family inhabits.

Tracie McMillan worked on farms and in restaurants, then wrote about what she saw for her book “The American Way of Eating.”

Kent Hartman’s nostalgic book about ’60s rock ’n’ roll focuses on the all-purpose studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew.

At the turn of the 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the United States into a major world power.

The heroine of this first novel is robbed of her innocence, virginity and chance to make good.

A forged Caravaggio is the link between two love triangles in this World War II novel.

The German artist Martin Kippenberger’s hard work and frequent play, seen through the eyes of one of his sisters.

Jodi Kantor examines the relationship between Michelle and Barack Obama and its public consequences.

How an Egyptian Google executive’s Facebook page helped spark a movement.

A centenarian maestro is Leslie Epstein’s quixotic hero.

The tempestuous story of an inspirational gospel and country duo.

Nathan Englander’s new stories, written with his trademark blend of the breezy and the biblical, are concerned with mercy, vengeance and righteousness.

Mikey Walsh’s coming-of-age memoir, is brash, frightening and funny in revealing a closed, mysterious society.

In the novel “Watergate,” Thomas Mallon invests that political affair with unexpected glitter, glamour, suave grace and subtlety.

Two new picture books anticipate the arrival of sunshine and blue skies.

Francis Spufford’s “Red Plenty” follows a cast of characters around the Soviet Union of the 1950s and ’60s as Communist theory lost its promise.

“Health Care Reform,” by the economist Jonathan Gruber, offers an easy-to-understand walk through what has changed under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, and what it may mean in the future.

The neoconservative historian Robert Kagan’s new book reflects the thinking that has gained him influence with both Mitt Romney and President Obama.

William Landay’s courtroom novel hinges on the murder of a high-school boy and involves a former assistant district attorney and his son.