The Cold Millions: A Novel

This extraordinary story of an early 1900s class struggle cements the author’s place among America’s finest writers.

Let Love Rule

By Lenny Kravitz with David Ritz

Let Love Rule

The performer’s first memoir reveals a winning, clear-eyed maturity.

On the Plain of Snakes

By Paul Theroux

On the Plain of Snakes

The legendary travel writer takes a harrowing trip deep into the mysteries and miseries of Spanish-speaking North America.

Homewreckers

By Aaron Glantz

Homewreckers

This exploration of the housing crisis evokes anger but comes off as a sloppy polemic in places.

Perestroika in Paris: A Novel

The life-affirming grownup fable we all need right about now.

High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America

The electrifying tale of Roosevelt’s effort to light the land.

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

This exemplary work gives voice to the closeted gay man behind the flashy gourmand.

Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley

By Kathleen Williams Renk

Vindicated: A Novel of Mary Shelley

This epistolic imagining of the charismatic Mary Shelley stumbles more than her fictional monster did.