A Brief History of Timekeeping

A deep, informative dive into ticks and tocks.

Chasing History

By Carl Bernstein

Chasing History

The famed journalist recalls how it all started.

The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang

By Perhat Tursun; translated by Darren Byler and Anonymous

The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang

A young Uyghur man struggles to find something in this disorienting Kafkaesque tale.

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

Assessing a dozen leaders’ pivotal (or not-so-pivotal) impact on the world.

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself: A Novel

This thought-provoking debut deftly balances humor and pathos.

A Left-Handed Woman: Essays

The author explores myriad topics in this intelligent, captivating collection.

Anthem

By Noah Hawley

Anthem

An ambitious, strangely soulless commentary on our troubled times.