Sex, Drugs and Economics: The Double Life of a Conservative Gadfly
The professor and social commentator Glenn Loury opens up about his vices in a candid new memoir.
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The professor and social commentator Glenn Loury opens up about his vices in a candid new memoir.
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In “Fat Leonard,” Craig Whitlock investigates one of the worst corruption scandals in U.S. military history.
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As recounted in Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” the 1986 tragedy that riveted a nation was a preventable lesson in hubris and human error.
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An anxious artist’s road trip stops short for a torrid affair at a tired motel. In “All Fours,” the desire for change is familiar. How to satisfy it isn’t.
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Her Sister Is Dead but Life, and Libido, Carry On
In Kimberly King Parsons’s witty, profane novel, “We Were the Universe,” a young mother seeks to salve a profound loss.
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The Book Review’s Best Books Since 2000
Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,228. Explore the best fiction and nonfiction from 2000 - 2023 chosen by our editors.
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New novels from R.O. Kwon, Kevin Kwan and Miranda July; a reappraisal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; memoirs from Brittney Griner and Kathleen Hanna — and more.
Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book
Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood.
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Best-Seller Lists: May 19, 2024
All the lists: print, e-books, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and more.
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Can a 50-Year-Old Idea Save Democracy?
The economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler thinks so. In “Free and Equal,” he makes a vigorous case for adopting the liberal political framework laid out by John Rawls in the 1970s.
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A Portrait of the Art World Elite, Painted With a Heavy Hand
Hari Kunzru examines the ties between art and wealth in a new novel, “Blue Ruin.”
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Does a Small Cough Make You Think the Worst? Here’s a Book for You.
Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled technology drives us crazier.
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She Wrote ‘The History of White People.’ She Has a Lot More to Say.
“I Just Keep Talking,” a collection of essays and artwork by the historian Nell Irvin Painter, captures her wide-ranging interests and original mind.
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Young, Cool, Coddled and Raised on the Internet
The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is such a thing as publishing too soon.
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A baker’s dozen of sports books — including athlete memoirs, biographies, team histories and a few classics of the form — are tucked away in this very short story. Can you find them all?
By J. D. Biersdorfer
A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives.
By Elizabeth A. Harris
As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.”
By Thessaly La Force
In her intimate memoir, “Rebel Girl,” the punk-rock heroine Kathleen Hanna recalls a life of trauma, triumph and riot grrrl rebellion.
By Evelyn McDonnell
Barbara Kingsolver’s debut, and a bad seed’s beginnings.
An entertaining new history by Steven Johnson explores an explosive moment when terror and nascent surveillance collided.
By Clyde Haberman
Jessica Shattuck’s “Last House” dips into the cultural intrigues of 20th-century America, but keeps its nose surprisingly clean.
By Kate Christensen
Inspired by her own family’s past, Claire Messud’s “This Strange Eventful History” unfolds over seven decades and two wars.
By Joan Silber
A renowned member of the New York School of poets, he also found accidental notoriety when he was photographed during the 1968 uprising at Columbia University.
By Alex Williams
The best-selling author of dark fantasy novels for Y.A. and adult audiences discusses her career and her stand-alone new historical fantasy, “The Familiar.”
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