The subtlest way to undermine democracy is to fake it.

The Station Eleven author returns with another haunting novel.

A new memoir reveals a family’s sacrifices and triumphs.

In the works of Camus and Thomas Mann, an outbreak reveals how dysfunctional society already was.

The new HBO show, adapted from Philip Roth’s novel, imagines life under a fascist president.

Deb Olin Unferth’s philosophical new novel tackles animal rights, industrial agriculture, and the fate of humanity.

A compelling personal story has long obscured the substance of his politics.

As jobs are downgraded and health care costs spiral, more and more Americans are dying early.

Jeet Thayil’s new novel features a bereaved narrator, depression, and lots of drugs.

A new book explores whether rampant development can ease California’s housing shortage.

Midlife was once seen as a chance for women to reassert themselves. Then came an organized, misogynist backlash.

Nicholas Fox Weber’s new book connects the ubiquitous device to the canon.

Malcolm Harris’s book sketches a radical politics for the generation between Occupy Wall Street and the age of Trump.

The rise of the STEM-obsessed, corporate-partnered university

Teddy Wayne’s fourth novel, Apartment, explores the complexities of male friendship.

How millennial socialists make the case for a kinder politics

Jenn Shapland goes in search of the novelist—and discovers herself.

Has society really become too comfortable and complacent?

When her memoirs attracted moral outrage—and got her sued—she found a new way to frame stories.

A new book traces the workings of the Council for National Policy. But how much influence does the organization really wield?