It All Felt Impossible
By Tom McAllister
A man takes annual stock of his life in this unique collection.
A peek at what’s on tap this week.
Family & Other Calamities
By Leslie Gray Streeter
A wry, widowed journalist returns home to right some wrongs.
What do literary types have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a couple of them, and here’s what they said.
Once In a Great City: A Detroit Story
By David Maraniss
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes an elegiac look at the Motown of the 1960s.
The author discusses relationships, mother-daughter conflicts, and the relative merits of zombies.
Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan
By Douglas Waller
A well-researched, accessible account of America's foremost spymasters.
Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns
By Craig Packer
Both timely and thrilling, this memoir details the complexity (and moral ambiguity) of trophy-hunting.
The Right to Write
By Ronald Goldfarb
Kitty Kelley, Frank Sinatra, and the First Amendment
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By Sarah Vowell
A cartoonish romp through Revolutionary War-era America with an avenging aristocrat.
My Father’s Guitar and Other Imaginary Things
By Joseph Skibell
The ordinary is rendered extraordinary in this wonderful, insightful collection.
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