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January 05, 2026

Incompleteness by Amit Chaudhuri

January 05, 2026/ Steve Donoghue
Incompleteness by Amit Chaudhuri

The New York Review of Books continues welcome reprints of Amit Chaudhuri’s work

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January 05, 2026/ Steve Donoghue/
Amit Chaudhuri, Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays, New York Review of Books
January 03, 2026

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian

January 03, 2026/ Steve Donoghue
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian

A new translation of the classic of Stoicism

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January 03, 2026/ Steve Donoghue/
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, classics, Aaron Poochigian
December 15, 2025

A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts

December 15, 2025/ Marcelo Silva
A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts

The history of a small part of the Scramble for Africa

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December 15, 2025/ Marcelo Silva/
A Training School for Elephants, Sophy Roberts, history, European history
December 14, 2025

Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos

December 14, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos

A frolicking good novel filled with music and mayhem.

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December 14, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Fun City Heist, Michael Kardos, fiction
December 13, 2025

1929 by Ross Sorkin

December 13, 2025/ Robert Genier
1929 by Ross Sorkin

A study of the great stock market crash of 1929

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December 13, 2025/ Robert Genier/
1919, Ross Sorkin, history, American history, Great Depression
November 30, 2025

A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis

November 30, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis

The story of Mount Rushmore and the people behind its creation

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November 30, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
A Biography of a Mountain, Matthew Davis, Mount Rushmore, history, US history
November 29, 2025

The Complete Notebooks of Camus

November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Complete Notebooks of Camus

The first complete English-language translation of the notebooks of Camus

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November 29, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Albert Camus, The Complete Notebooks, French literature, Ryan Bloom, literature in translation
November 28, 2025

The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Dream Factory by Daniel Swift

A history of the theater that was precursor to the famous Globe of Shakespeare’s day

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November 28, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Dream Factory, Daniel Swift, Elizabethan history, Elizabethan theater, Shakespeare
November 27, 2025

Vagabond by Tim Curry

November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
Vagabond by Tim Curry

A multi-talented entertainer's delightful albeit arm's-length memoir.

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November 27, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Tim Curry, Vagabond, celebrity memoir
November 26, 2025

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

A forensic account of why the Internet stinks so bad

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November 26, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
November 25, 2025

Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath

A biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg

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November 25, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Tim McGrath, Three Roads to Gettysburg, George Gordon Meade, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, American history, Civil War history, American Civil War
November 21, 2025

Joyride by Susan Orlean

November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward
Joyride by Susan Orlean

A memoir from the author Susan Orlean

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November 21, 2025/ Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward/
Joyride, Susan Orlean
November 20, 2025

The Romans by Edward Watts

November 20, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Romans by Edward Watts

A new one-volume history of Rome, from Romulus and Remus to the fall of Constantinople

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November 20, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Edward Watts, the Romans, Roman history, ancient Rome, history
November 19, 2025

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

November 19, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
King Sorrow by Joe Hill

An overlong and predictable suspense/thriller/horror novel riddled with political proselytizing.

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November 19, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
Joe Hill, King Sorrow, fiction, American fiction
November 18, 2025

The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman

November 18, 2025/ Janet Wertman
The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman

The story behind the legendary change of dynasties

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November 18, 2025/ Janet Wertman/
Tracy Borman, James I, Elizabeth I, royal biography, English Monarchy, English History, The Stolen Crown
November 16, 2025

The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

November 16, 2025/ Hannah Joyner
The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee

Previously unpublished stories illuminate the literary development of the author of an American classic.

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November 16, 2025/ Hannah Joyner/
The Land of Sweet Forever, Harper Lee, American literature
November 15, 2025

The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock

November 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock

A new look at the ambitions of a newborn British empire

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November 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Anna Whitelock, The Sun Rising, James I, English histiroy, English history, England, royal biography
November 13, 2025

The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan

November 13, 2025/ Jim Abbiati
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan

A bewilderingly subpar cozy mystery/romance from a best-selling author

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November 13, 2025/ Jim Abbiati/
The Secret Christmas Library, Jenny Colgan, fiction, romance
November 12, 2025

Frog and Other Essays by Anne Fadiman

November 12, 2025/ Katherine Harper
Frog and Other Essays by Anne Fadiman

A review of Anne Fadiman’s new collection of essays

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November 12, 2025/ Katherine Harper/
November 11, 2025

Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin

November 11, 2025/ Vincent McGean
Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin

A biographical reconstruction of the ancient Greek philosopher

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November 11, 2025/ Vincent McGean/
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