New & Recommended

The Hemingses of Monticello
By Annette Gordon-Reed
A family history concentrating on Thomas Jefferson and the children he had with Sally Hemings, his slave. (Norton, $35).

Indignation
By Philip Roth
Roth's latest novel, an allegory on righteous anger, focuses on the son of a kosher butcher (Houghton Mifflin, $26).

Alfred and Emily
By Doris Lessing
An episodic but evocative blend of fiction and memoir (Harper, $25.95).

One More Year
By Sana Krasikov
Stories about immigrants from the former Soviet Union that showcase clear-sighted, moving prose (Spiegel & Grau, $21.95).

Man in the Dark
By Paul Auster
Demonstrating the power of stories to sustain us, Auster artfully conflates the real and imagined (Holt, $23).

Selected from books recently reviewed in the Globe.