Too Much Information
When flawed algorithms meet naïve expectations
By Howard P. Segal Wednesday, August 8, 2018
The Efficiency Paradox by Edward Tenner
Robben Island Days
A South African leader’s jailhouse correspondence during apartheid
By Douglas Foster Monday, June 4, 2018
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela edited by Sahm Venter
Monstrous Achievement
Two hundred years on, a writer’s cautionary tale still captivates
By Valerie Martin Monday, June 4, 2018
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
A Life’s Work Gone to Seed
The lost cultivations of an often overlooked colonial scientist
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Monday, June 4, 2018
American Eden by Victoria Johnson
Everything Was Radiant
A Soviet reactor’s meltdown and its far-reaching consequences
By Kristen Iversen Monday, June 4, 2018
Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy
“I Figured What the Hell”
A pugnacious reporter looks back on his legendary career
By Graeme Wood Monday, June 4, 2018
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour Hersh
Split Decisions
A renowned neuroscientist examines human experience
By Richard Restak Monday, June 4, 2018
The Consciousness Instinct by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Idle Hands Are the Dreamer’s Tools
Why lolling about is a worthwhile pursuit
By Charlotte Salley Monday, April 16, 2018
Shadow Warriors
After 9/11, what happened when the gloves came off?
By Karen J. Greenberg Monday, March 5, 2018
Directorate S by Steve Coll
Where the Sun Never Set
A new, multilayered history of the British Empire
By Paul Kennedy Monday, March 5, 2018
Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800–1906 by David Cannadine
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
