Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess

Book Review

Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess

By Ben Mezrich

The game’s fighters extend far beyond queens and rooks.

Behold the Bird in Flight

Book Review

Behold the Bird in Flight

By Terri Lewis

A young girl’s impetuous decision alters the course of her life.

Book Review

Collision of Power

By Martin Baron

Collision of Power

The paper’s former top editor offers a no-nonsense appraisal of his tenure.

Book Review

For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus: A Novel

Arranged marriage features prominently in this witty tale of Indians in Ohio.

Book Review

Season of the Swamp: A Novel

By Yuri Herrera; translated by Lisa Dillman

Season of the Swamp: A Novel

A future president of Mexico endures exile in 1850s New Orleans.

Book Review

No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust

This little-known WWII survival tale is as heroic as it is harrowing.

Podcast

Authors on Audio: Boyce Upholt

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

Book Review

The Bog Wife: A Novel

By Kay Chronister

The Bog Wife: A Novel

A family saga that gives new meaning to the word “haunted.”

Book Review

Dorothy Parker in Hollywood

By Gail Crowther

Dorothy Parker in Hollywood

There was no glamour and little glitz in the famed humorist’s Tinseltown years.

Children’s Books

Children’s Book Roundup: October 2024

Big new titles perfect for the littles.