Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
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A finely-drawn fictional Viking world, full of characters who all share in common their harsh awareness that they could die tomorrow.
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Pandora's Box: A History of the First World War by Jörn Leonhard
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A deeply detailed panoramic of how fundamentally the war changed the world.
Read MoreA Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski
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A Quiet Place is yet another step toward dignifying a genre whose potential for great storytelling has been ignored, squandered, and stands ripe for fulfillment.
Read MoreThe Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett
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A clear, fast-paced history heavily laden with implicit warnings.
Read MoreThe Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
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Authentic characters, a compelling story, timeliness, and big ideas--The Female Persuasion excels on all counts.
Read MoreBecoming Madeleine by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy
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The element that makes Becoming Madeleine such a treasure of a book is the wealth of primary sources.
Read MoreThe Overstory by Richard Powers
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A sweeping novel that uses the natural world to promote activism.
Read MoreWhy Baseball Matters by Susan Jacoby
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The real title of Why Baseball Matters might well be How Baseball Survives.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “The moral high ground is nothing but quicksand”
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A hard-hitting, gripping, thriller featuring a dynamic and compelling anti-hero.
Read MoreThe Law of Blood: Thinking and Acting as a Nazi by Johann Chapoutot
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The Law of Blood does invigorating work in attempting to explain how such a wildly repulsive ideology could take hold in the hearts and minds of ordinary people.
Read MoreNapoleon: The Spirit of the Age: 1805-1810 by Michael Broers
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Based on Napoleon's correspondence, this is the second of a three volume life of Napoleon that moves through many well-known landmarks of these five years.
Read MoreBelief by James E. Alcock
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An examination of our thoughts and feelings about the world as we believe it to be.
Read MoreRip Crew by Sebastian Rotella
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A high octane international thriller that travels across borders and reveals a vast conspiracy of wealth and power.
Read MoreDr. Eleanor's Book of Common Spiders
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A witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide to spiders.
Read MoreWaiting for Tomorrow by Nathacha Appanah
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A smart and sure standout in the lists of English-translated literary fiction.
Read MoreAbsolute Power by Paul Collins
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This lively narrative of religious and political history attempts to chronicle the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy.
Read MoreJoe Gould's Secret by Joseph Mitchell
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Joe Gould’s Secret, Joseph Mitchell’s 1965 book of New Yorker profiles about the eponymous writer, will appeal to all creatives.
Read MoreWhat is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker
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Becker's book takes readers through epic discoveries and disagreements in physics.
Read MoreThe anniversary of a German cult classic
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A raw and uncensored tale of child prostitution and teen drug abuse.
Read MoreSt. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva by Jonathan Miles
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An appealingly elastic framework in which to retell the outsized stories of the history of St. Petersburg.
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