Unfriendly Exchange
The tale of a nuclear war that almost was
By Jeffrey Lewis Monday, October 26, 2026
The Six Minute War: Reagan, Russia, and the Race to Automate Armageddon By Michael Dobbs
Battle for the Ballot Box
How decades of legal attacks and court decisions have undermined the crown jewel of the civil rights movement
By Brandon Tensley Thursday, October 8, 2026
An American Problem: How the Country Built—and the Supreme Court Broke—the Voting Rights Act by Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris
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
The Beauty of Fluid Motion
How the future became fashionable
By Virginia Postrel Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Jet Age Aesthetic: The Glamour of Media in Motion by Vanessa R. Schwartz
Farm to Fable
How a now-forgotten writer changed American agriculture
By Tim Carman Monday, May 11, 2020
The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolutionby Stephen Heyman
War by Other Means
Subverting governments with lies is nothing new
By James Gibney Monday, March 2, 2020
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfareby Thomas Rid
Image Was Everything
A new biography of the seminal pop artist of the 20th century
By Meryle Secrest Monday, March 2, 2020
Warholby Blake Gopnik
Not Quite Forgotten
The unheralded success ofa fine American novelist
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, March 2, 2020
Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stoneby Madison Smartt Bell
Making Their Voices Heard
The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment
By Nancy Isenberg Monday, March 2, 2020
Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Voteby Ellen Carol DuBois
Poet of the Newsroom
A journalist with the unteachable gift of making you read on
By Henry Allen Monday, March 2, 2020
Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carredited by Jill Rooney Carr
Heaven and the Heretic
A brilliant scientist whose life is a cautionary tale
By Sam Kean Monday, March 2, 2020
Galileo and the Science Deniersby Mario Livio
Glamour and Violence
A group portrait of the brutal Belle Époque
By Anka Muhlstein Monday, March 2, 2020
The Man in the Red Coatby Julian Barnes
Visible Man
An intimate view of a great American writer
By Randall Kenan Monday, December 2, 2019
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellisonedited by John F. Callahan and Marc C. Conner
