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Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence.

In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life.

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

Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.

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

Alex Dimitrov’s fifth collection, “Ecstasy,” offers a rollicking paean to pleasure.

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.

As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.

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