President Carter: The White House Years by Stuart E. Eizenstat
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A firsthand account and comprehensive history of one of our most underappreciated Presidents.
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It's a Mystery: The 72nd Annual Edgar Awards
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The award is named for “the father of the detective story” and this year marks the 209th anniversary of his birth.
Read MoreEisenhower vs Warren: The Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties by James Simon
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A chronicle of the 1950s battle that would shape the legal future of the civil rights movement.
Read MoreBelonging on an Island by Daniel Lewis
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A rich natural history of Hawaiian birds that challenges existing ideas about the concept of belonging.
Read MoreLiving with Leonardo by Martin Kemp
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In this beautifully illustrated personal memoir interwoven with original research, we may encounter Leonardo.
Read MoreChristian: The Politics of a Word in America by Matthew Bowman
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This book delves into the ongoing struggle over the word “Christian” and its centrality to American politics.
Read MoreInto the Storm by Tristram Korten
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A chronicle of one of the worst U.S. maritime disasters in the last 40 years.
Read MorePicture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
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A baldly honest YA novel that is refreshingly complex and significantly rewarding.
Read MoreAction Comics 80 Years of Superman: The Deluxe Edition
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DC Comics has commemorated the #1000 issue milestone with this lavish anthology chronicling Superman's colorful career.
Read MoreSky 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.
Read MorePandora'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.
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