The Passion According to G.H. By Clarice Lispector Translated By Idra Novey

(New Directions, $15.95)

New translations of four novels by the late Brazilian writer include this spare, shocking novel.

Cronkite By Douglas Brinkley (Harper, $34.99)

An impressive new biography of the most trusted man in America.

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,00 Miles through Islamic Africa

By Steve Kemper (Norton, $28.95)

An elegant biography of the largely forgotten explorer, Heinrich Barth.