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
Speaking in Form and Color
The extraordinary paintings of an ordinary man
By Lincoln Perry Monday, February 29, 2016
Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out By Christopher Rothko
A Model Marriage
An intimate portrait of a couple who helped forge a nation
By Mary Beth Norton Monday, December 7, 2015
The Washingtons By Flora Fraser
Son of Gonzo
Living in the aftermath of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll
By Scott Stossel Monday, December 7, 2015
Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson By Juan F. Thompson
Riddles for the Afterlife
Decoding the hieroglyphs that accompanied the dead pharaohs
By Sarah Ruden Monday, December 7, 2015
The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts By Susan Brind Morrow
Hail to the Chiefs
Leaders of the last century
By Michael Sherry Monday, December 7, 2015
The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton By William E. Leuchtenburg
Taken to the Leader
Why did Pyongyang kidnap several dozen Japanese?
By Bruce Cumings Monday, December 7, 2015
The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project By Robert S. Boynton
Hot Rocks
A scientist’s love of lava
By Sarah Zielinski Monday, December 7, 2015
The Last Volcano: A Man, a Romance, and the Quest to Understand Nature’s Most Magnificent Fury By John Dvorak
Speaking in Tongues
The ancient, tangled roots of modern language
By Michael Upchurch Monday, December 7, 2015
Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty LanguagesBy Gaston Dorren / Written in Stone: A Journey through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language By Christopher Stevens
A Lifetime Spent Bearing Witness
The literary giant who rose from the ashes of a people
By Louis Begley Monday, September 7, 2015
The Complete Works of Primo Levi Edited by Ann Goldstein
Cosmic Art
An inquiry into the scientific significance of elegance
By Verlyn Klinkenborg Monday, September 7, 2015
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design By Frank Wilczek
