The Lincoln Highway: A Novel

The master storyteller is back with a rollicking road trip that nonetheless wrestles with thorny moral questions.

Peril

By Bob Woodward and Robert Costa

Peril

Things really were as bad as many of us suspected.

Welfare for the Rich

By Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers

Welfare for the Rich

The scope of corporate grift may be astonishing, say the authors of this informative work, but voters aren’t powerless to combat it.

Of Bears and Ballots

By Heather Lende

Of Bears and Ballots

A timely reminder that running for office doesn’t need to be a blood sport.

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

This book’s laugh-out-loud delivery belies its sober underlying message.

Things I Have Withheld: Essays

A masterful, poetic exploration of body and voice.

Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

Ideological purity hamstrings this otherwise insightful reflection on the sins of battle.