Darkness Illuminated
A horror writer whose real demons were off the page
By Susan Cheever Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life By Ruth Franklin
Territories of Conquest
A new history of the bloodletting that opened the frontier
By Andrew Graybill Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West By Peter Cozzens
Before the Rebellion
A colonial American artist’s portraits of an age
By Meryle Secrest Tuesday, September 6, 2016
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley By Jane Kamensky
The Old Urbanist
Jane Jacobs saw cities as places for people
By Edward Glaeser Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs By Robert Kanigel
Healing the Masses
The evolution of care at the nation’s oldest public hospital
By T. M. Luhrmann Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital By David Oshinsky
A Rare Intelligence
A review of a thrilling life
By Bruce Falconer Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life By John le Carré
Manifest Poverty
Poor southern whites have long been a people without a country
By Dennis Covington Monday, June 6, 2016
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America By Nancy Isenberg
Courting All Voters
The judicial effects of American civic engagement
By Lincoln Caplan Monday, June 6, 2016
Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law By David Cole
With Noses Held High
Personal aspiration need not always lead to snobbery
By Becca Rothfeld Monday, June 6, 2016
Pretentiousness: Why It Matters By Dan Fox
Annals of Human Oddity
Casting an eye on “freaks” with sensitivity and compassion
By Andy Grundberg Monday, June 6, 2016
Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer By Arthur Lubow
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
