Shooting for the Camera
A portrait of the 20th century’s most infamous assassin
By Anne Matthews Monday, September 28, 2026
Chief Misunderstanding
A speculative, sputtering study of leadership
By Elizabeth D. Samet Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Our Energetic World
Life is not an accident but an inevitable result of physical laws
By Rebecca Boyle Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Co-Creation: How Earth Made Life and Life Made Earth By Olivia Judson
Finding Marty
Zooming in on a storied director
By Michael O'Donnell Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in Film By Mark Binelli
Dramatic Paws
On the trail of the elusive big cat of the Himalaya
By David Gessner Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard By Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Translating the Past
Modern wit meets age-old wisdom
By Rachel Hadas Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature By Emily Wilson
Sound Barrier
How Marian Anderson made and managed history
By Matthew Guerrieri Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson By Anthony Tommasini
Unfriendly Exchange
The tale of a nuclear war that almost was
By Jeffrey Lewis Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Six Minute War: Reagan, Russia, and the Race to Automate Armageddon By Michael Dobbs
Knot in my Back Yard
Not all non-native plants and animals need to be eradicated
By Sam Kean Thursday, August 27, 2026
Undesirable: Invasive Species, Humans, and Where We All Belong By Amy Crawford
Hidden Truths
A new portrait of one of the 20th century’s most controversial philosophers
By Robert Zaretsky Thursday, August 13, 2026
Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind By Thomas Meyer (tr. Shelley Frisch)
Scholar-Activist
Is the search for truth compatible with the fight for justice?
By James Gibney Friday, June 3, 2011
Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir By Robert Jay Lifton
A Survey and an Assertion
Twelve potted philosophers and a theory of human values
By Carlin Romano Friday, June 3, 2011
Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche By James Miller
Beyond Nerves
Three women who helped engender modern psychiatry
By Laure Murat Friday, June 3, 2011
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris By Asti Hustvedt
Terrorist in Chief
Can anything keep Zimbabwe from slipping back into despotism?
By Paul Salopek Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe By Peter Godwin
Aping Us
Beasts behaving badly
By Clive D. L. Wynne Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Moral Lives of Animals By Dale Peterson
Patriot Games
Hollywood’s Red Scare
By Elbert Ventura Wednesday, March 2, 2011
An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War By J. Hoberman
Harlem Notes
A writer goes uptown
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America By Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Bard Justice
Shakespeare and the law
By Jacob A. Stein Wednesday, March 2, 2011
A Thousand Times More Fair What Shakespeare’s Plays Teach Us About Justice By Kenji Yoshino
Math & Magic
The roots of Western science
By Sam Kean Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society & the Birth of the Modern World By Edward Dolnick
Tangled Up in Dylan
The enduring appeal of a legendary American songwriter
By Louis P. Masur Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968–2010By Greil Marcus Bob Dylan in America By Sean Wilentz
