‘Finding the Mother Tree’ Review: Seeing the Forest
One woman’s research changed how we understand the woods. Review by Eugenia Bone.
‘Ages of American Capitalism’ Review: Road to Chaos
A portrait of the U.S.’s economic history as seen in waves of economic change. Review by James Grant.
‘Spies, Lies and Exile’ Review: Memories of a Mole
While his MI6 colleagues were at lunch, George Blake photographed their files. Review by Henry Hemmings.
Politics: Stories vs. Résumés
Looking for insights in a trio of senatorial memoirs. Review by Barton Swaim.
‘Motley Stones’ Review: More Than Human
Adalbert Stifter’s novels and stories often put nature at the center of the drama. Review by Martin Riker.
Fiction: Paul Theroux’s ‘Under the Wave at Waimea’
Plus Will Leitch’s ‘How Lucky’ and Virginie Despentes’s ‘Vernon Subutex 3.’ Review by Sam Sacks.
Five Best: On Our Violent 19th Century
Selected by Jon Grinspan, the author, most recently, of ‘The Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy, 1865-1915.’
Mysteries: ‘Find You First’ Review
Linwood Barclay’s work of suspense follows a tech titan whose legacy might be toxic. Review by Tom Nolan.
‘The House of Fragile Things’ Review: Forever Outsiders
Stolen artworks are fragments of lives undone by the persistent power of French anti-Semitism. Review by Diane Cole.
Children’s Books: Doggy Delight
‘Sunshine,’ ‘If I Were a Dog,’ ‘Perdu’ and more canine-themed reads for kids. Review by Meghan Cox Gurdon.
‘Gallery of Clouds’ Review: Afloat in a Book
A drifting journey inspired by a 16th-century work of romantic digression. Review by Tess Taylor.
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