All Books
- Mary Beth Meehan’s photos dissolve distances between people
In the book “Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America,” Mary Beth Meehan’s photographs cross divides – of haves and have-nots.
- Amor Towles creates an American road trip of epic proportions
In “The Lincoln Highway,” Amor Towles tells an American tale with Homeric scope, but the novel ultimately fails to arrive at its destination.
- Q&A with Les Standiford, author of ‘Battle for the Big Top’
‘Battle for the Big Top’ author Les Standiford says that the circus brought Americans together, as well as stood for infinite possibilities.
- Alexander Vindman’s faith in democracy remains intact
In the memoir “Here, Right Matters,” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman defends his decision to report President Trump’s call with Ukraine.
- ‘My Beautiful Black Hair’: How a little sister’s struggle led to a celebratory book
What options are there for supporting Black women who face hair discrimination? One author’s solution: Reinforce the beauty of natural hair.
- Cosmic puzzle-pieces come together in masterly ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’
Anthony Doerr, author of “All the Light We Cannot See,” plots a tale that soars across centuries in “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”
- ‘How do I love thee?’ A Victorian-era poet finds liberation.
Fiona Sampson unfolds the story of how Elizabeth Barrett Browning freed herself from constraints and found her poetic voice in “Two-Way Mirror.”
- Warmhearted ‘All the Lonely People’ strikes at isolation
Novelist Mike Gayle’s protagonist, an older Jamaican immigrant in England, steps out of his solitude and onto a path of friendship.
- A leader of the civil rights movement that you’ve never heard of
Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi farmworker, emerged as an eloquent leader in the fight for voting rights and for integrating the Democratic Party.
- ‘Graceland, At Last’ unfolds a Southerner’s wise and hopeful essays
New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl looks forward to the day when the South “will finally live up to the promise of its own good heart.”
- The novels have it: September sparkles with literary gems
September marks the return of the literary novel, with sublime fiction from authors such as Colson Whitehead and Anthony Doerr.
- Students from abroad are back. What that means to the US.
Rajika Bhandari talks about her memoir “America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility” and how students from other countries benefit the U.S.
- From terrorism to heroism: Books on 9/11 offer perspective, grace
Twenty years on, Americans are still coming to grips with 9/11. Six books provide valuable insights on what happened, and why.
- ‘The Magician’ unwraps the life of literary giant Thomas Mann
Colm Tóibín peels back Thomas Mann’s life, from his family to his closeted sexuality to Germany’s descent into Nazism in “The Magician.”
- We know Christa McAuliffe the astronaut. Who was McAuliffe the person?
In “The Burning Blue,” author Kevin Cook talks about the down-to-earth life of Christa McAuliffe: extraordinary teacher, compassionate human being.
- How the American Revolution played in British drawing rooms
In “The Howe Dynasty,” historian Julie Flavell explores the lives of two famed commanders fighting the Americans, told through the letters of their eldest sister.
- Can humans and animals be friends? ‘Fox & I’ raises the question.
Catherine Raven couldn’t explain why a fox started visiting her cabin every day. But she ventures to wonder if they developed a friendship.
- ‘The Last Nomad’: Somali refugee, soccer mom, and everything in between
Shugri Said Salh’s memoir strives for an accurate – rather than sensationalized or simplified – account of growing up in, and then fleeing, Somalia.
- Q&A with Philip D’Anieri, author of ‘The Appalachian Trail: A Biography’
Author Philip D’Anieri talks about his book “The Appalachian Trail: A Biography” and how “we wind up asking new and different things from nature.”
- Life in wartime: Women dominate a quartet of World War II novels
The 4 best recent novels set during World War II show the ingenuity of women who put everything on the line to defeat the Nazis.