All Books
- 12 days of disaster that changed Chicago forever
Author Gary Krist looks back at 1919 and the blimp crash, murder, and race riot that made the Chicago the metropolis we know today.
- The Great Divergence
Economic equality has slipped to an alarming low in the United States. In "The Great Divergence" Timothy Noah does an excellent job of telling us how this happened – and why it matters.
- Reader recommendation: The Way of All Flesh
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- 5 true crime stories you don't want to miss These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.
- In 'Hard Measures,' former CIA official Jose Rodriquez defends waterboarding
'Hard Measures' by former CIA official Jose Rodriguez also accuses Pakistan, Washington's current ally, of assisting terrorists.