From Mojave to the Moon
The new space race looks to put the superrich into orbit
By M. G. Lord Monday, August 23, 2021
Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut by Nicholas Schmidle
Companions Through Time
A writer traces the footsteps of an Italian revolutionary icon
By N. S. Thompson Thursday, August 19, 2021
The Hero’s Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks
Physics for the Feeble-Minded
A crash course on our boundlessly bizarre universe
By Jethro K. Lieberman Monday, August 9, 2021
Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution by Carlo Rovelli
Laureate of Lisbon
A new biography of one of Europe’s most overlooked modernists
By Peter LaSalle Monday, July 26, 2021
Warrior Eros
How an army of homosexual men became one of the most elite fighting forces of the ancient world
By A. E. Stallings Saturday, July 24, 2021
The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom by James Romm
Last Laugh
A memoir of jokes and jokers
By Steve Macone Thursday, July 15, 2021
Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades by David Steinberg
Future Fears
How a 19th-century writer and polymath anticipated the modern world
By David Brown Tuesday, July 6, 2021
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Tresch
E Pluribus Unum?
Our national identity has always been hotly contested
By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Thursday, June 3, 2021
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850 Alan Taylor
Deep-Rooted Communities
Our woods are connected by a hidden underground network
By Miranda Weiss Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
Things Left Behind
A writer’s one-sided conversation with a ghost
By Charles Trueheart Monday, May 17, 2021
Letters to Camondo Edmund de Waal
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 2024
Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Ageby James Chappel
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Monday, December 2, 2024
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
Ideology as Anatomy
How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives
By Sierra Bellows Monday, December 2, 2024
Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Partsby Helen King
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, December 2, 2024
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Creator’s Code
Are humans alone in their ability to make art?
By Evelyn McDonnell Monday, December 2, 2024
The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines From Automata to AIby David Hajdu
Barbarity at the Bataclan
A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light
By Charles Trueheart Monday, December 2, 2024
V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère, translated from the Frenchby John Lambert
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
