New & Noteworthy Anthologies, From Climate Reporting to Gun Violence
A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
The Hidden Wonders of a City, Made Visible
In “The 99% Invisible City,” Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt delve into the everyday features of urban life that we take for granted.
Untangling the Story of a Deadly Blaze and ‘The Arsonist’ Who Lit It
The new book by the Australian writer Chloe Hooper recreates the events surrounding a lethal 2009 fire in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.
An Outsider Is Drawn Into The Quest To Find A Missing Teen In 'The Searcher'
Tana French's crime novel is a slow burn of a suspense story. It lulls readers into basking in the rough beauty of Western Ireland — before unspooling enough secrets and sins to fill an entire bog.
‘War: How Conflict Shaped Us,’ by Margaret MacMillan: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “War: How Conflict Shaped Us,” by Margaret MacMillan
‘The Zealot and the Emancipator,’ by H.W. Brands: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Zealot and the Emancipator,” by H.W. Brands
‘Earthlings,’ by Sayaka Murata: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “Earthlings,” by Sayaka Murata
Mindy Kaling Doesn’t Want Your Pity
In her new collection of personal essays, “Nothing Like I Imagined,” the actor and TV producer balances single parenthood with a singular career.
Book Review: ‘The Tangled Web We Weave,’ by James Ball
In “The Tangled Web We Weave,” James Ball looks to the structure of the internet and the history of its growth as the deeper sources of our current problems.
Book Review: ‘Eleanor,’ by David Michaelis
David Michaelis’s “Eleanor” describes an unstoppable force who had a profound effect on American politics.
Did the U.S. Try to Assassinate Lenin in 1918?
In “The Lenin Plot” Barnes Carr tells the mostly unknown story of America’s intervention in the earliest days of the Soviet Union.
Book Review: ‘Mad at the World,’ by William Souder
In a new biography, “Mad at the World,” William Souder claims the “Of Mice and Men” author was motivated by anger toward injustice.
Book Review: ‘Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,’ by Fareed Zakaria
Zakaria’s “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World” analyzes the social and political impact of Covid-19.
Does an Intellectual History of the Trump Era Exist? It Does Now
Joe Klein reviews that book, Carlos Lozada’s “What Were We Thinking,” as well as two Washington Post journalists’ account of the impeachment and its aftermath.
Book Review: ‘Leave the World Behind,’ by Rumaan Alam
In “Leave the World Behind,” Rumaan Alam imagines what happens when homeowners interrupt their renters’ idyll to seek refuge from a crisis.
From Kafka to Kushner, Touring the 20th Century’s Jewish Canon
In “The Blessing and the Curse,” the critic Adam Kirsch offers a literary survey covering the last 100 years of Jewish history.
Book Review: ‘The Zealot and the Emancipator,’ by H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands’s “The Zealot and the Emancipator” looks at how two opponents of slavery chose very different paths to abolition.
Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided
In this debut novel set on the river that separates Cleveland from Ohio City, an orphan builds a mythology around his big brother.
To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope
Her new novel, “Earthlings,” asks: If you don’t belong in the “Baby Factory,” do you even belong on Earth?
Where Does American Foreign Policy Go From Here?
Two books, Philip H. Gordon’s “Losing the Long Game” and Charles A. Kupchan’s “Isolationism,” offer suggestions to avoid the mistakes of the past.
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