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 Resistance by 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 Jesus by 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 Poetry by 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 Inheritance by Joe Dunthorne
Electrons That Bind
The molecule at the center of everything
By Priscilla Long Monday, March 3, 2025
Carbon: The Book of Life by 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 Food by 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 Live by 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 Equation by 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 Union by Richard Carwardine
The Worst of Times
A Soviet city barely survives
By Gary Saul Morson Thursday, August 25, 2011
Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941–1944 By Anna Reid
John Brown’s Folly
The mythology of a madman
By Brenda Wineapple Thursday, August 25, 2011
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War By Tony Horwitz
Power Crazy
Do lunatics make better leaders?
By George Vaillant Thursday, August 25, 2011
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness By Nassir Ghaemi
The Inside Track
How those dim-witted robber barons built the railroads
By Mark Hertsgaard Friday, June 3, 2011
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America By Richard White
Full Bloom
A critic offers his final thoughts
By Michael Dirda Friday, June 3, 2011
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life By Harold Bloom
Frozen Assets
A gritty tale of a grim landscape
By Hampton Sides Friday, June 3, 2011
The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle By Sara Wheeler
Deep Trouble
How a natural disaster barreled into a historical one
By Emily Bernard Friday, June 3, 2011
Camille, 1969: Histories of a Hurricane By Mark M. Smith
Deep Trouble
We should be more afraid for sharks than of them
By Richard Ellis Friday, June 3, 2011
Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks By Juliet Eilperin
Scholar-Activist
Is the search for truth compatible with the fight for justice?
By James Gibney Friday, June 3, 2011
Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir By Robert Jay Lifton
