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
By Terri Lewis
A young girl’s impetuous decision alters the course of her life.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority
By Anne Anlin Cheng
In probing essays, a scholar examines the contemporary Asian American experience.
In her latest book, the Classics professor sheds new light on Alexander the Great.
Do voters have the tools to wrest power from a strongman?
Before the Gilded Age
By Mark L. Goldstein
Meet the most noteworthy financier you’ve never heard of.
Washington’s Gay General
By Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings
A queer Revolutionary War hero gets his glorious due.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
By Bill Schutt
Those pearly whites do more than just shine.
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