Gods of the Upper Air by Charles King
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An account of the birth of the discipline we now think of as anthropology, bristling with the warts-and-all personalities of its pioneers.
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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Whitehead constantly plays off optimistic idealism against cynical trickery.
Read MoreThe Damascus Road by Jay Parini
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A squarely straight-laced affair, a prosier elaboration of the Epistles, an Act Two of the Apostles.
Read MoreGandhi by Ramachandra Guha
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This is the Gandhi with a sweeping, multifaceted intelligence hidden behind a faux-folksy facade.
Read MoreSchumann: The Faces and the Masks by Judith Chernaik
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The story of the music and the man, from his criminally underrated symphonies to his long struggle for personal happiness.
Read MoreThe Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
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Based on The Iliad, a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of captured women in the final weeks of the Trojan War.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer
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This is a world-class trip with a lovable psychopath.
Read MoreThe Secret Token by Andrew Lawler
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A new understanding of how this colony’s disappearance continues to define–and divide–America.
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