Striking it rich doesn’t — or shouldn’t, at least — fundamentally change who you are.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

The fascinating story of how a respectable textile product became synonymous with all things inferior.

• Non-Fiction,
• Business & Economics,
• History,

An intelligent, impassioned ode to the power of words.

• Non-Fiction,
• Cultural Studies,
• English Language & Writing,
• Gender & Sexuality,

A charged, sober collection about life in post-partition India and Pakistan.

• Fiction,
• Short Stories,

Authorial intrusions mar this otherwise rollicking history.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,
• History,
• United States,

This weighty homage seeks to spark a renaissance in the 19th-century author’s readership.

• Non-Fiction,
• Biography & Memoir,

Despite its many wild parts, this sci-fi/murder mystery comes together in an utterly satisfying whole.

• Fiction,
• Mystery & Suspense,
• Science Fiction,

The foreign-policy expert sees parallels between her lower-class roots and the hurdles facing today’s workers.