CARRIE MAE WEEMS: A major twist in the possible, by Carrie Mae Weems. (DAP/Fundación Mapfre, $75.) This comprehensive book spans four decades of Weems’ work, from early photographs to critically acclaimed series like “Slow Fade to Black,” which explores themes of power, race, class, and gender.
LAURIE LIPTON DRAWING, by Laurie Lipton. (Last Gasp, $49.99.) A collection of surreal pencil and charcoal drawings that question the forces of consumerism, anti-intellectualism, and isolation as they structure the modern world, through the subject of the 2016 documentary “Love Bite.” .
TOVE JANSSON: The draftsmen, by Paul Gravett. (Thames & Hudson, $29.95.) This retrospective of the Scandinavian illustrator known for her “Moomin” books details her illustration of classics like “The Hobbit” and her hidden sexuality.
PLANT MAGICK: The Library of Esoterica, by Jessica Hundley. (Taschen, $40.) Plants in magical practices and myths are explored through 400 images, ranging from Greek sculptures to psychoactive plant-inspired paintings, in this “Library of Esoterica” volume.
CODE NAME BLUE WREN: The true story of America’s most dangerous female spy — and the sister she betrayed, by Jim Popkin. (Hanover Square Press, $27.99.) The story of Ana Montes, a Defense Intelligence officer convicted of spying for Cuba shortly after 9/11, published when Montes was scheduled to be released from prison .
EVERYTHING CALLS FOR RESCUE, by Daniele Mencarelli. Translated by Wendy Wheatley. (Europe, $22.) A 20-year-old man wakes up in a psychiatric ward after attacking his father. This novel follows his seven days of “involuntary commitment,” filled with tumult, brutality, and unexpected camaraderie.
THE SIEGE OF LOYALTY HOUSE: a story of the English Civil War, by Jessie Childs. (Pegasus, $28.95.) A thrilling account of Basing House, a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War nicknamed ‘Loyalty’, and the sieges it endured until it fell to Oliver Cromwell in 1645.
THE STEPEN WOLF, by Herman Hesse. Translated by Kurt Beals. (Norton, $28.) This new translation of Hesse’s 1927 classic follows Harry Haller, intoxicated by the captivating Hermine, as he leaves his self-imposed isolation and struggles with his desires amid the decadence of bourgeois society.