Editors’ choice

7 New Books We Love This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Fiction

The Author of ‘Divergent’ Returns With an Action-Packed Adventure

In Veronica Roth’s “Seek the Traitor’s Son,” a soldier in a pandemic-ravaged world is forced to become the hope of her people.

By Everdeen Mason

Fiction

The Women of New Jersey’s Little India Have a Story to Tell

“Men Like Ours,” a novel by Bindu Bansinath, follows an immigrant family through a community crisis.

By Dwight Garner

Nonfiction

Will A.I. Help Humanity? A Journalist Looks for Answers.

In “AI for Good,” Josh Tyrangiel travels to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.

By Max Chafkin

Fiction

Who’s Been Taking Notes at Our Bedroom Door?

In John Lanchester’s “Look What You Made Me Do,” a widow is unnerved when a hit TV series airs details from her marriage a little too closely.

By Alexandra Jacobs

nonfiction

The Woman Behind the Wheel of the Pink Cadillac

In “Selling Opportunity,” Mary Lisa Gavenas tells the not-always-rosy story of Mary Kay, the brand — and its founder.

By Marisa Meltzer

Fiction

One Way to Stop a Stalker? Stalk Him Back.

“Nerve Damage,” by Annakeara Stinson, is a jittery psychological thriller about a woman whose creepy ex simply won’t leave her alone.

By Violet Kupersmith

American Power and American Liberty Have A Long, Tortured Relationship

As these books show, the United States has long struggled to reconcile its imperial ambition with its founding ideals, prompting detractors at home and abroad.

By Alexis Coe

Poetry

The Water in These Poems May Be Poisoned, but Beauty Persists

The Canadian poet Karen Solie balances environmental concerns with hope and deadpan wit.

By Daisy Fried