Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 10:12am
By Elisabeth Egan
In search of a connection between two worlds — one beloved, one baffling — a bibliophile made a musical pilgrimage.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 5:03am
By Lauren LeBlanc
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, “The Seventh Veil of Salome,” follows strivers in 1950s Hollywood competing for a place in an industry that does not embrace them.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 5:02am
By Lyta Gold
In her corrective “The Missing Thread,” the classical historian Daisy Dunn paints a fuller picture of the ancient world.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 5:02am
By Anna Holmes
In “The Movement,” Clara Bingham captures the years 1963-73 in the voices of the women who lived it.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 5:02am
By Nitish Pahwa
In “I Am on the Hit List,” Rollo Romig explores the political world of Gauri Lankesh.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 5:01am
By Robert Sullivan
Two new books look at how horses and primates helped each other grow from skittish little mammals to conquerors of the world.
Monday, August 5, 2024 - 2:16pm
The third in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.
Monday, August 5, 2024 - 1:28pm
By Anita Gates
She was already a prominent hostess in the nation’s capital when her uninhibited, best-selling 1973 memoir, “Laughing All the Way,” made her a star.
Monday, August 5, 2024 - 12:42pm
By Carl Hulse
A new book by the former speaker details her clashes with the former president, but it was written before her most recent exercise of political might: helping persuade President Biden to end his re-election bid.
Monday, August 5, 2024 - 9:49am
By Elizabeth A. Harris
Casey McQuiston’s debut proved that queer romance can be a hit. In their latest novel, “The Pairing,” sex doesn’t only sell; it’s also “beautiful and really soul affirming.”