American Ending: A Novel
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
A young woman seeks to transcend her Russian-immigrant family’s world.
Shakespeare’s Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare
By Chris Laoutaris
A superb account of how the Bard’s compendium came to be.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The Late Americans: A Novel
By Brandon Taylor
Twentysomethings try to make sense of the world and their place in it.
The journalist talks Pride, a horrific U.S. Supreme Court, and his abiding faith in Gen Z.
The World: A Family History of Humanity
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
A staggering work of scholarship that also delights in the naughty bits.
Fixer-Upper
By Jenny Schuetz
Will affordable shelter for all ever be a reality?
Manhattan Phoenix
By Daniel S. Levy
This problematic history portrays Gotham as hell in more ways than one.
American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life
By Jennifer Lunden
Seeking (but seldom finding) succor in U.S. healthcare.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
