The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America

Chronicling a right-wing cabal’s fracturing of norms in the U.S.

The Facemaker

By Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker

An affecting yet disorderly account of a pioneering doctor’s life-changing work.

In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy

A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation.

The World: A Family History of Humanity

A staggering work of scholarship that also delights in the naughty bits.

Manhattan Phoenix

By Daniel S. Levy

Manhattan Phoenix

This problematic history portrays Gotham as hell in more ways than one.

Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

How a once-overshadowed girl became an admired ruler.

Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History

A gut-churning account of a visionary lost to the Holocaust.