Think, Write, Speak by Vladimir Nabokov
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A meticulously contextualized volume just brimming with supporting information.
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The Lives of Lucian Freud by William Feaver
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Nobody alive today is in a better position to write an enormous, definitive biography of this artist.
Read MoreFor the Love of Music by John Mauceri
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Mauceri takes on the ambitious task of teaching the reader to listen to music.
Read MoreBerta Isla by Javier Marías
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The difference between material conservatism (née antiquarianism) and good old-fashioned, the-kids-aren’t-alright cultural conservatism is often hardly a difference at all.
Read MoreThe Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina
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The march of technology and the mass of satellites overhead have done little to tame this enormous renegade world.
Read MoreEat Like a Fish by Bren Smith
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The particular kind of “climate cuisine” Smith has in mind is a little tough to swallow.
Read MoreOur Man by George Packer
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The fact that this book captures the man as no book is ever likely to do again is an accomplishment and also a precaution.
Read MoreWhite by Bret Easton Ellis
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If Ellis is obsessed with anything as a craftsman, it’s voice.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time”
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Truth is often stranger than fiction, particularly when inspired by it.
Read MoreThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
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One of the most charming, offbeat biographies to appear in years.
Read MoreL.E.L. by Lucasta Miller
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A terrifically detailed and invigorating account of a very complicated woman.
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 MoreCherry by Nico Walker
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A debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin by a veteran, drug addict, and criminal.
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 MoreMadness is Better Than Defeat by Ned Beauman
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Beauman follows his quirkily brilliant debut Boxer, Beetle with a complex and occasionally delirious new novel.
Read MoreThe Tools We Need
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The panic that arose across the country as the incredible reality of a Trump presidency began to sink in hit the book world with particular force. In his temperament, style and values, the new president seems almost purpose-built to oppose everything Barack Obama has stood for and accomplished. (The only things they appear to have in common are a love of golf and an on again-off again friendship with Hillary Clinton.) In few aspects is the gulf wider than in their respective attitudes to reading.
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