Bending Toward Justice
Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth
By Sally Greene Thursday, July 16, 2026
They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy by Lauren Collins
Verse From the Abyss
How a Jewish poet rebuilt his mother tongue in the wake of the Holocaust
By Piotr Florczyk Thursday, July 9, 2026
Paul Celan: A Life by Anna Arno, translated by Soren Gauger
Where Are We?
Finding our bearings has never been so risky
By Peter Turchi Monday, June 29, 2026
Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World By Katherine Dunn
Blood—and Beauty—at the Root
Fifty years ago, Alex Haley’s landmark novel changed the way many Americans thought about race
By Brandon Tensley Monday, June 15, 2026
Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World by Lucas L. Johnson II
In Defense of Difficult Reading
The tomes of the past cultivate the lost art of sustained attention
By Todd Shy Friday, June 5, 2026
What’s So Great About the Great Books?: Why You Should Read Classic Literature (Even Though It Might Destroy You) Naomi Kanakia
Inside Man
A young reporter’s devastating exposé of the amoral elite
By Anne Matthews Monday, June 1, 2026
How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University By Theo Baker
Things Fall Apart
A meditation on entropy, obsolescence, and death
By Steven G. Kellman Monday, June 1, 2026
How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information By Thomas S. Mullaney
Into the Wilds
The tangled terrain of untrammeled lands
By Miranda Weiss Monday, June 1, 2026
The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness By Cal Flyn
The Painter Time Forgot
An overdue reckoning of an artist’s volcanic genius
By Rebecca Bedell Monday, June 1, 2026
Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World By Victoria Johnson
Canonical Contempt
Even in the 18th century, Edward Gibbon’s misogyny set him apart
By Michael O'Donnell Monday, June 1, 2026
The Conversions of Edward Gibbon: A Modern Biography By Martha Saxton
Enigma From the East
A Soviet émigré’s never-ending battle to be understood
By Gary Saul Morson Monday, December 3, 2018
Between Two Millstonesby Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; translated by Peter Constantine
The Guru of Athens
Can age-old philosophy lead the way to happiness?
By Caroline Alexander Monday, December 3, 2018
Aristotle's Wayby Edith Hall
Making Himself at Home
A German-born composer and his English oratorios
By Sudip Bose Monday, December 3, 2018
Handel in Londonby Jane Glover
The Portrait Master
Known for rendering others, a writer turns his attention inward
By Stephen Goodwin Monday, December 3, 2018
The Patchby John McPhee
The Death of Innocents
A look at the silent suffering of those caught in the crossfire
By Dennis Covington Monday, September 17, 2018
The Bodies in Personby Nick McDonell
The Loyal Opposition
A timely new biography of an avatar of courage and bipartisanship
By Richard Moe Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Improbable Wendell Willkieby David Levering Lewis
A Poet in Purgatory
An inside look at a literary marriage that ended in disaster
By Sandra M. Gilbert Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956–1963edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil
The Runaway Question
How people fleeing bondage helped transform the nation
By Louis P. Masur Tuesday, September 4, 2018
The War Before the Warby Andrew Delbanco
The House for the Soul
Investigating the rhythmic beat at the center of our lives
By Raj Telhan Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Heart: A History by Sandeep JauharTicker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart by Mimi Swartz
Lives of the Artists
The vistas and losses of two great English painters
By Meryle Secrest Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Elegy Landscapes: Constable and Turner and the Intimate Sublimeby Stanley Plumly
