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In Ariel Courage’s novel, “Bad Nature,” a powerful career woman sets out on a road trip intending to kill her father.

In “The Power of Parting,” Eamon Dolan makes a persuasive case for eliminating contact with family members whose abusive behavior can’t be redeemed.

In “Sad Tiger,” the French author Neige Sinno analyzes her memories of being abused as a child, alongside literature about incest and pedophilia.

In “The Usual Desire to Kill,” Camilla Barnes finds the humor in a daughter’s aggravating visits to her aging parents at their run-down home in rural France.

In Michèle Gerber Klein’s new biography, “Surreal,” Gala Dalí gets her due.

A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.

In “Heartwood,” when an experienced hiker named Valerie vanishes, other women must crack the case.

In “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto,” Benjamin Wallace is hot on the trail of the person — or people — behind a financial revolution.

“The Snares,” by Rav Grewal-Kök, examines the perils and moral quandaries of clandestine service.

This Korean novel by the 2024 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature turns a pet-sitting mission into a haunting reflection on grief and memory.