Jon Savage’s “The Secret Public” traces the influence of queer artists on a hostile culture.

Five years since the pandemic began, the ravages it exposed persist.

Her new book tells the story of Black people through an exploration of the color blue.

Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.

How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century

Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

The new millennium promised a more peaceful, more stable, and more prosperous world. What happened?

If Strout was once a master at portraying quiet lives in a big way, she now relies on easy plays for emotional connection and tidy resolution.

The Cinta Larga people were sitting on a wealth of diamonds. They didn’t turn to mining until they saw devastation all around them.

A far from exhaustive guide to the books that our critics most admired in 2024

Ayşegül Savaş’s “The Wilderness” is part of a slew of little books on new motherhood and art—and their tensions.

John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.

Hervey Cleckley wanted to treat the most overlooked psychiatric patients. Instead his work was used to demonize them.

From Switzerland to Qatar to Kazakhstan, the countries clamoring to entice the ultrawealthy with a suite of new privileges.

“Hons and Rebels” might easily be mistaken for a freewheeling memoir of aristocratic life. It’s also a study of intense ideological conflict in a family.

John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?

In Emily Witt’s memoir of hedonism and journalism, dancing is a way of processing political chaos.

A far-from-exhaustive guide to the books that our critics recommend this fall

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again.