A new book details the civil rights efforts of the great singer Mahalia Jackson

A thriller revolving around, God help us all, cryptology

A new investigation of how social media warps the world of its users

Earl Swift’s account of murder and personal challenge on the Appalachian Trail

A review of Colson Whitehead’s new novel

A prismatic new appreciation of the first great New York writer

An English-language translation of a popular novel about a woman with peculiar horticultural techniques

A new novel from the author of “The Loner”

A new history of Paul Simon’s seminal album “Graceland”

A new novel about one of the most infamous families in Tudor history