RECENT AND RECOMMENDED

HISTORY

Andrea Stuart’s engrossing “Sugar in the Blood” ( Knopf, $27.95) uses her own lineage to trace the effect of human trafficking on Barbados, “the first society ...entirely organized around its slave system.”

COFFEE TABLE

Producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have waved their freak flag for 21 years in everything from “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” to “RuPaul’s Drag Race”; “The World According to Wonder” ( World of Wonder Books, $110) celebrates with photos of figures like Chloe Sevigny and Chaz Bono.

FICTION

Award-winning poet and novelist Laura Kasischke explores short fiction in “If a Stranger Approaches You” (Sarabande Books, $15.95 paper), a debut story collection combining precise language with surreal imagery born of unspoken fears.

YA

A young former hacker stumbles upon dangerous government secrets and must decide whether to expose them in Cory Doctorow’s “Homeland” (Tor Teen, $17.99), a follow-up to the bestselling “Little Brother” that may appeal to teens and adults alike.

THRILLER

The discovery of a baby’s skeleton in a Cheviot Hills yard is one of many creepy events in Jonathan Kellerman’s new thriller, “Guilt” (Ballantine, $28). Psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to help the LAPD figure out how they all connect.