Everything Is Just Fine: A Novel

A postmodern, epistolary take on the imploding centers of American communities.

The Murmur of Bees: A Novel

By Sofía Segovia; translated by Simon Bruni

The Murmur of Bees: A Novel

Love endures in this hypnotic Mexican tale of triumph, tragedy, and magic.

Malawi’s Sisters: A Novel

By Melanie S. Hatter

Malawi’s Sisters: A Novel

A family’s tale of loss lays bare racial tensions in America and explores the depths of grief.

Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America

This exhaustive review of out-there theories may leave readers exhausted.

Remembering Emmett Till

Can efforts to memorialize a past tragedy be both educational and exploitative?

War on Peace

By Ronan Farrow

War on Peace

A sobering assessment of the United States' floundering reputation.

First Person

By Richard Flanagan

First Person

While ghostwriting the memoir of a notorious criminal, an aspiring novelist battles for his very soul.

L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron”

In this account of a little-remembered 19th-century poet, tireless research makes for tiresome reading.