Calhoun: American Heretic by Robert Elder
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A new biography of America’s foremost zealot for slavery.
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The Vineyard at Painted Moon by Susan Mallery
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A woman is cut adrift and forced to start over in Susan Mallery’s latest romance novel.
Read MoreAmerican Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky
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A new history of the unprecedented surge in serial killers in the second half of the 20th century.
Read MoreThe Delivery by Peter Mendelsund
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Peter Mendelsund’s new novel follows an anonymous delivery boy from daily runs to one big adventure.
Read MoreThe Volga by Janet Hartley
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A wonderfully colorful history of the great river running through the Russian federation.
Read MoreStrange Bedfellows by Ina Park
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Everything you wanted to know about sexually transmitted infections but were perhaps embarrassed to ask!
Read MoreDevils, Lust and Strange Desires by Richard Bradford
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A new biography of the author of “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
Read MoreHomo Irrealis by André Aciman
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A collection of essays by the author of “Call Me By Your Name.”
Read MoreA Most Peculiar Book by Kristin Swenson
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A readable guide to the many contradictions, errors, and oddities of the Bible.
Read MoreThe Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene by Richard Greene
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A sparkling new one-volume biography of Graham Greene considers not only Greene’s novels but his work on behalf of human rights violations around the world, his struggles with faith, and his subtle yearning for joy.
Read MoreIbsen's Kingdom by Evert Sprinchorn
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A new biography of the great playwright turns the spotlight on his works.
Read MoreIn Search of Isaiah Berlin by Henry Hardy
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Henry Hardy explores the different and at times conflicting sides of the famous scholar Isaiah Berlin
Read MoreShakespearean by Robert McCrum
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An author considers why the words of William Shakespeare continue to hold such relevance even in today’s difficult times—for us and for himself.
Read MoreSocial Chemistry by Marissa King
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Marissa King’s book examines the complex ways humans network with each other.
Read MoreThe Crooked Path to Abolition by James Oakes
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A compact and fascinating examination of Abraham Lincoln’s antislavery evolution.
Read MoreHello, Habits by Fumio Sasaki
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A celebrated minimalist describes how to re-wire your brain.
Read MoreIdi Amin by Mark Leopold
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The murderous Ugandan dictator gets a thorough-going new biographical investigation.
Read MoreThe Moreva of Astroreth by Roxanne Bland
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A re-issue of a fascinating sff tale in which a driven, deeply flawed young heroine begins to grow into her true self.
Read MoreSylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel by Rachel Holmes
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A big and generous new biography of the great agitator Sylvia Pankhurst.
Read MoreSingular Sensation by Michael Riedel
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A veteran reporter recalls the vibrant, colorful New York theater of the ‘90s.
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