Category Archives: BEST SELLER

Professor Baym was a key early figure in feminist literary history and criticism, excavating forgotten works by female writers.... Read More →

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Crespino talks about “Atticus Finch: The Biography,” and Philip Dray discusses “The Fair Chase:... Read More →

In “Uneasy Peace,” Patrick Sharkey sees disparities when the homicide rate drops. The country is safer, but some people... Read More →

Affecting stories by the Fan Brothers, Dan Santat and Minh Le, and more celebrate the bonds between grandparents and... Read More →

Patricia O’Toole’s “The Moralist” is the latest biography of Wilson, who has inspired fierce arguments ever since his death... Read More →

They may be action-packed page turners — but these books also ask readers to consider very real social issues.... Read More →

Rebekah Frumkin’s debut, “The Comedown,” is the drugs-and-crime tragedy of two Cleveland clans discovering the fluidity of life and... Read More →

An exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture captures what Oprah Winfrey and her... Read More →

In her collection “Yeah No,” Jane Gregory adopts an otherworldly voice like a medium channeling signals from the great... Read More →

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Via:: Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend... Read More →

The author Samantha Hunt, whose novel “The Seas” will be reissued in July, has started an apocalypse library: “I... Read More →

In “The End of the French Intellectual,” Shlomo Sand argues the case that Muslims have replaced Jews as the... Read More →

Peter Ackroyd’s “Queer City” is an enticingly dishy and detailed tour of gay life in London, from the Roman... Read More →

In “The Kevin Show,” Mary Pilon chronicles Kevin Hall’s long (and long-foiled) quest for Olympic gold in catamaran sailing.... Read More →

“By the time I found ‘How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,’ I’d already resigned myself to using books... Read More →

Stephen Greenblatt’s “Tyrant” finds parallels between our political world and that of the Elizabethans — and locates some very... Read More →

The debate is likely to grow more contentious as writers and professors take sides in this #MeToo era. Via::... Read More →

In her debut, “The Map of Salt and Stars,” Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar tells the story of two women, centuries... Read More →

Centuries of subjugation weigh down the men and women of “There There,” his quietly devastating debut. Via:: Fiction: Yes,... Read More →

In “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes expresses ambivalence and grief for his country. Via::... Read More →

Advocates see an opportunity to help prevent bigotry from taking root in children, but deciding the details has divided... Read More →

A treatise on immigration, an undocumented immigrant torn away from her son and a teenager’s treacherous journey to reunite... Read More →

Kitty Pryde was set to marry Piotr Rasputin, but Marvel threw a wrench into the story line, ending the... Read More →

The best books to read to acquaint yourself with our northern neighbors. Via:: Match Book: O Canada! What Should... Read More →

A selection of recent audiobooks; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading. Via:: New... Read More →

David E. Sanger’s “The Perfect Weapon” is an encyclopedic account of developments in the cyberworld. Via:: Nonfiction: Cyberwarfare —... Read More →

“History of Violence,” out this month in the U.S., is the writer’s attempt to tell his own story of... Read More →

“Border Districts” and “Stream System,” by Gerald Murnane, reflect the author’s forays into the inner reaches of his own... Read More →

In his collection “Not Here,” the poet Hieu Minh Nguyen makes art from his memories of racism and abuse.... Read More →

In her book “Futureface,” Alex Wagner takes a skeptical look at companies that research our genetics only to hedge... Read More →

In his new book, Richard Rhodes makes his way through four centuries of energy use, from oil to nuclear,... Read More →

In “Asperger’s Children,” Edith Sheffer explores the roots of autism, first diagnosed in Nazi Germany as the regime engaged... Read More →

In Joe Mungo Reed’s debut novel, “We Begin Our Ascent,” a cyclist competing in the Tour de France gets... Read More →

Joseph Crespino’s “biography” of the virtuous lawyer in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and the real man he was modeled... Read More →

Tom Santopietro’s “Why ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Matters” is painstakingly researched, if substantively and structurally flawed. Via:: Nonfiction: An... Read More →

In “Twilight of the Gods,” Steven Hyden writes about what a generation of music gave to the culture —... Read More →