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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No More Giants
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An unimpeachable and provocative collection drawn from almost every one of Sondheim’s projects.
Read MoreA Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker & Carol Leonnig
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Two Pulitzer Prize-winning go behind the scenes of the Trump White House and uncover exactly what you’d expect.
Read MoreKill Reply All by Victoria Turk
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The intricacies of email etiquette are dissected by Wired senior editor Victoria Turk.
Read MoreKnow My Name by Chanel Miller
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The memoir of the woman assaulted by Stanford freshman Brock Turner.
Read MoreIt’s a Mystery: “Honor among thieves, perhaps, honor among spies, never”
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A brilliantly multilayered examination of the disillusionment of aging spies.
Read MoreTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
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The author explores the construction of her identity during the Internet’s own infancy.
Read MoreInland by Téa Obreht
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A novel guaranteed to appear on every “most anticipated” list before a word of it had been written.
Read MoreI Know What I Saw by Linda S. Godfrey
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A delightful, completely involving book, chock-full of things that don’t exist.
Read MoreMosquito by Timothy Winegard
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An engaging account of the mosquito’s impact on the broader world.
Read MoreAmerica’s Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
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The real accomplishment of America’s Reluctant Prince is the extent to which it rises above the usual froth of wealth and scandal.
Read MoreOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong
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Almost, but not quite, a modern classic of gay fiction.
Read MoreMistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin
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A pleasing number of dramatic twists and a central, intriguingly complex marriage.
Read MoreAlex Rider: Secret Weapon by Anthony Horowitz
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The Alex Rider books have always required a rather hefty suspension of disbelief, and they’ve always rewarded it.
Read MoreCapitalism in America by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
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A decent summary of capitalism in America with brief but useful biographies of major figures.
Read MoreDelta-v by Daniel Suarez
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Delta-V never falters because it never doubts its own storytelling virtue.
Read MoreRevolutionary by Robert L. O'Connell
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Readers will need to assess the balance between an insightful overview of the birth of the United States alongside the usual starry-eyed heroic poem about Washington himself.
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The Back Channel by William J. Burns
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The clear animating force of the book is the author’s worry that all the behind-the-scenes labors of his friends and colleagues over the years have been summarily invalidated.
Read MoreThe Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe
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One of the most charming, offbeat biographies to appear in years.
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