Screwball: Review of Darin Strauss’ “The Queen of Tuesday”
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Did Grandpa have a Ball? A novelist weaves a bit of family lore into a colorful and touching mid-century tapestry.
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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by Fareed Zakaria
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Columnist and CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria speculates on the future of a plague-ravaged world.
Read MorePhilip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
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Bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy tells the dual story of Philip of Macedon and his famous son.
Read MoreStalin by Ronald Grigor Suny
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A sweeping account of an idealistic young man transformed into a ruthless dictator.
Read MoreThe Last Brahmin by Luke A. Nichter
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An examination of the wide-ranging and varied political influence wielded by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Read MorePiranesi by Susanna Clarke
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The slim new novel by author of “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” is about a man living in a house that’s an ecology unto itself.
Read MoreBringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow
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A new book by the man spearheading the drive to bring beavers back to English waterways.
Read MoreRage by Bob Woodward
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Celebrated journalist Bob Woodward’s already-infamous new book gives an inside look at the Trump White House.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Funny thing about doubt—it marches into your brain and sets up camp without any invitation”
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A compelling variation on a locked-room mystery with high level tension that never lets up.
Read MoreKing of the World by Philip Mansel
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An opulent new biography gives a more internationally-minded view of France’s inimitable Sun King.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Murder, I have often noticed, is a great matchmaker.”
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A masterfully plotted, mind-bending thriller that harkens back to the days when Agatha Christie ruled the genre.
Read MoreThe Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant
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A new book looks at the history - and one possible future - for the study of the cosmos.
Read MoreThe Nature of Fear by Daniel Blumstein
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A new study looks at the extent - and the unexpected benefits - of fear in the animal kingdom.
Read MoreThis is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
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A scholar explores for a popular audience how ambiguity creates contemporary relevance in twenty of Shakespeare’s plays.
Read MoreUnfinished Business by Vivian Gornick
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A critic and journalist considers how a lifetime of experience has opened her eyes to new meanings in old books.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “God may not play dice, but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again”
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Penny’s deft touch with plotting only enhances her in-depth character studies.
Read MoreHumiliation: Stories by Paulina Flores
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A debut short story collection by a prize-winning young Chilean author.
Read MoreHeart Full of Rhythm by Ricky Riccardi
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A new book details a key transition in the career of the great Louis Armstrong.
Read MoreBeowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley
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A strange and challenging translation of “Beowulf” by the author of “The Mere Wife”.
Read MoreLast Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
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Svetlana Alexievich interviews 100 people who were children during the Second World War and relates their stories.
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