All Books
- 'Jackson, 1964' sheds light on some very dark chapters of US history
For half a century, Calvin Trillin has been writing about race in America.
- 'The Bones of Grace': Anam's ‘Bengal trilogy’ comes to a graceful close
The final book of Tahmima Anam's 'Bengal trilogy' encompasses lost love, history, and ceaseless perseverance.
- Why I read a poem a day
Reading at least one poem a day has been like an intellectual vitamin, giving me a small dose of literature even on busy days when I can’t get to the novels and nonfiction on my nightstand.
- 6 baseball books ripe for midseason reading Here are excerpts from six intriguing new baseball books.
- 4 light, breezy audio books for summer This month's audiobook are light, breezy, and humorous – in other words, vacation reads.
- 'The Romanovs' tells the gripping, tragic, fascinating story of Russia's tsars
The focus of this enormous book is on character and the distorting effects of absolute power on both rulers and their advisors in each era, culminating in 'the often bizarre, daft and self-defeating trajectory of the last Romanovs.'
- 9 fascinating new sports books Here are excerpts from nine terrific new books about sports.
- How well do you know the lives of authors? Take the quiz
Sure, you've read the books. But what do you remember about the real-life stories of their authors? Take our quiz and find out.
- 'Dark Night' turns Batman into a real-life hero
Paul Dini recounts his real-life journey out of darkness after a harrowing mugging with the help of a certain Caped Crusader.
- 'China's Future' predicts the protracted decline of China's Communist Party
China watcher David Shambaugh once thought China's Communist Party would be able to adapt and survive, but he now says that without reform the Party has nowhere to go.
- 'The Way to the Spring' chronicles the frustration, heartbreak of Palestinians
'This is our lives,' novelist and journalist Ben Ehrenreich hears over and over from residents of Nabi Saleh, a small town 25 minutes northwest of Ramallah in Palestine's West Bank.