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
The Feminine Arts
A writer explores the elation and difficulty of making art while female
By Sierra Bellows Saturday, May 15, 2021
Art for the Ladylike: An Autobiography Through Other Lives Whitney Otto
The Geography of Neglect
A complex tale of belonging
By Allison Blakely Monday, May 10, 2021
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele
Who Would I Be Off My Meds
Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?
By Scott Stossel Thursday, March 6, 2025
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistanceby Laura Delano
Who’s to Say? 
A bewildering take from a noted scholar of Christianity
By Sarah Ruden Monday, March 3, 2025
Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesusby Elaine Pagels
Chapters and Verse
Looking for the poet between the lines
By Jay Parini Monday, March 3, 2025
Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetryby Adam Plunkett
Once More, Without Feeling
Can a memoir be effective when it lacks any warmth?
By Casey Schwartz Monday, March 3, 2025
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritanceby Joe Dunthorne
Electrons That Bind
The molecule at the center of everything
By Priscilla Long Monday, March 3, 2025
Carbon: The Book of Lifeby Paul Hawken
Food for Thought
A pragmatic approach to one of humanity’s gravest threats
By Anne Matthews Monday, March 3, 2025
How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Foodby Vaclav Smil
Splitting Our Sides
A new biography of a comedy pioneer
By Stephen Macone Monday, March 3, 2025
Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Liveby Susan Morrison
In the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
By Noah Isenberg Thursday, February 13, 2025
Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equationby Kenneth Turan
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
