Heart of Semi-Darkness
A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors
By Tim Carman Thursday, November 7, 2024
Masters of Horror and Magic
The German folklorists who helped build a nation
By Anne Matthews Friday, November 1, 2024
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Thursday, September 26, 2024
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith
Ground Truth
A story of dirt, dollars, and death
By Steve Yarbrough Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
Insisting on the Positive
A popular historian’s philosophical musings
By Carlin Romano Tuesday, September 3, 2024
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Roman Year: A Memoir by André Aciman
Mortal Coils
We aren’t alone in facing the inevitable
By Sy Montgomery Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
How the first talkie treated the myth of the melting pot
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer by Richard Bernstein
Head Cases
Field notes on a beautiful friendship
By T. M. Luhrmann Tuesday, September 3, 2019
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler
The Great Convergence
How continental art and literature went global
By Anka Muhlstein Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Cultureby Orlando Figes
Image Is Not Everything
A definitive portrait of a celebrated American intellectual
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Sontag: Her Life and Workby Benjamin Moser
Spirits in the Material World
Two new books consider the past and present of Christendom
By B. D. McClay Tuesday, September 3, 2019
A Pilgrimage to Eternity by Timothy EganDominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland
He Contained Multitudes
Exploring the psychology of an iconoclastic architect
By Amanda Kolson Hurley Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wrightby Paul Hendrickson
How We Work
An anatomical tour of what it means to be human
By Raj Telhan Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Body: A Guide for Occupantsby Bill Bryson
Downsized Living
Escaping the city, a writer finds contentment in a small town
By Bruce Falconer Tuesday, September 3, 2019
If You Lived Here You’d Be Home by Nowby Christopher Ingraham
Rising Again
A writer finds much that hasn’t changed in the former Confederacy
By Dennis Covington Monday, July 22, 2019
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divideby Tony Horwitz
Bonanza of Greed
Myths and lies will, if we let them, spell the end of the public domain
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Monday, June 3, 2019
This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism, and Corruption Are Ruining the American Westby Christopher Ketcham
Southern Secrets
Three very different women haunted by the past
By Nancy Isenberg Monday, June 3, 2019
Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of Americaby Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
