“Patriot Number One,” by Lauren Hilgers, is a deeply reported account of one family’s effort to remake their lives in the United States while keeping tabs on their hometown.
This new survey, by Stuart Kells, a rare-books expert, is an absorbing account of the complicated role book collections have played in our public and private lives.
In “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh” Carl Zimmer explores inheritance in all its varied dimensions — from genetic ancestry to biological definitions of race.
In his new book, Richard Rhodes lays out an accessible and surprisingly optimistic history of energy by exploring the lives of scientists and inventors — and a few unlikely people, like Bard of Avon.
The former president Bill Clinton, who collaborated with James Patterson on the new thriller “The President Is Missing,” reads everywhere: “At my work table, in my easy chair, in bed and on the plane. Even in the car when I’m not too tired.”