Lee Phillips. PublicAffairs, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-1-5417-0295-0
Patricia Aufderheide. Univ. of California, $26.95 trade paper (342p) ISBN 978-0-520-40166-2
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Rachel Clarke. Scribner, $28.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-6680-4543-5
Ben Macintyre. Crown, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-0-593-72809-3
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Rebecca Nagle. Harper, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-311204-9
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Jonathan Lethem. ZE, $40 (416p) ISBN 979-8-9886700-0-1
Sean “Big Sean” Anderson. Simon Element, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-6680-4573-2
Karin Klein. Harper Horizon, $29.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-40033-447-6
Jackie Wullschläger. Knopf, $45 (576p) ISBN 978-1-10187-537-7
Correction: An earlier version of this review misstated the years of Monet’s birth and death.
Alice Driver. One Signal, $28.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-6680-7882-2