Nonfiction: What Life in Confinement Meant for Ezra Pound’s Work
In “The Bughouse,” Daniel Swift explores the relationship between Pound’s mental state and his poetic genius.
Match Book: Dear Match Book: We Want to Change the World
Books that will inspire the philanthropist in all of us.
Q&A: Publisher Defied Trump to ‘Defend the Principles of the First Amendment’
John Sargent, the executive behind Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” discusses his decision to fight the president’s attempt to quash the book.
Want A New You For The New Year? These Books Might Actually Help
Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer live by a new self-help book for each episode of their podcast By the Book, so they're experts on which ones might really help us keep our New Year's resolutions.
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New & Noteworthy
A selection of books published this week; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
Nonfiction: From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm
Michael Wolff has everyone talking about a possibly dysfunctional president.
Nonfiction: Before Glitter and Glue Sticks, ‘Craeft’
In his new book, Alexander Langlands wants readers to appreciate what it meant to make things with your hands, as our ancestors did for millenniums.
'Gnomon' Starts Simply — And Then It Goes Sideways
Nick Harkaway's big, ambitious new book is about pretty much everything, from ancient Egypt to a future utopia that actually seems utopian at first, until an inconvenient death disrupts everything.
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Reader’s Notebook: Total Recall: A Reader’s Guide to Memory Gain
There are a host of recent books on battling forgetfulness. Just in time for the new year — and a fresh start — our writer spent a month testing out some of their solutions.
Star 'Treknology': Imagining The Future Into Being
From its first appearance, Star Trek has always been hopeful about the relationship between society and technology. Ethan Siegel doesn't lose sight of this in his book, Treknology, says Adam Frank.
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Trump Exposé Has Plenty Of 'Fire And Fury,' Maybe A Little Less Substance
Michael Wolff's incendiary new book about the first year of Donald Trump's presidency has plenty of juicy detail about chaos, infighting and cheeseburgers — but it's best read with a grain of salt.
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'Women & Power' Links Today's Trolls With Ancient Ancestors
Classicist Mary Beard's new book — a compilation of two of her lectures — traces current strains of misogyny back to the ancient world (one 7th century B.C. poet compared women to yapping dogs).
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For January, Let These 3 Romances Take You Somewhere Warm
This month, we acknowledge that love actually is all around, with three romances that range from Victorian London to modern-day Mumbai — to the clash and clamor of an American football stadium.
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The Book Review Podcast: What to Read About North Korea
Nicholas Kristof discusses the best books about the secretive country, and Tui Sutherland talks about the graphic novel edition of “Wings of Fire.”
Inside the List: Before Sue Grafton Was a Star
Grafton’s private eye heroine, Kinsey Millhone, was a fixture of the best-seller lists. But it took eight years and six books to get there.
The Shortlist: A Trove of Continental Fiction Explores Loss
Novels written by authors from across Europe traverse the vast terrains of human grief and resilience.
Nonfiction: An Unconventional History of Texas, From a Writer With the State in His Veins
Roger D. Hodge’s “Texas Blood” traces seven generations of his family through some of the borderland’s least forgiving terrain.
Nonfiction: The Presidential Election That America Lost
Lawrence O’Donnell’s “Playing With Fire” retells the story of the 1968 presidential election and sees parallels with today.
Fiction: A Debut Novelist’s Elegy for Post-Katrina New Orleans
“The Floating World,” by C. Morgan Babst, follows a survivor and her family through the ruined city.
Nonfiction: Throwing a Poolside Cocktail Party for ‘The Graduate’
Beverly Gray’s “Seduced by Mrs. Robinson” looks back at a classic American movie, half a century later.
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