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.
Tehrangeles: A Novel
By Porochista Khakpour
A mostly successful skewering of influencer culture and the super-wealthy.
Getting to Know Death: A Meditation
By Gail Godwin
A wise, wandering contemplation of what comes next.
Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind
By Annalee Newitz
A smart, if biased, look at psyops in the U.S.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
A Conversation with Patrick K. O’Donnell
By James A. Percoco
The historian bring to life the most remarkable Americans you’ve never heard of.
The Age of Grievance
By Frank Bruni
Can’t we all just get along? (Spoiler alert: Nope.)
A 19th-century political movement feels eerily familiar in the 21st.
In Sardinia
By Jeff Biggers
A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation.
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