A magnificent two-volume biography of Charles Darwin has been shortened into a marvel of economy.

Earlier this year, as we were returning from a dinner on W110th Street in New York City, my daughter suggested that we walk over to the other side of Broadway and look for Hannah Arendt’s former apart...

Comparing Trump to Hitler is considered facile, a trivialization of genocide. But their rises to power are frighteningly similar.

Here are some of our editors’ and reviewers’ top picks so far this year for policy and political nonfiction.

Looking for a way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday but you’ve always hated parades?

A friend shared with me the sad news that Matthew Spender, the son of the poet Stephen Spender, died on May 31 at home in Chianti, Tuscany, in the farmhouse where he had lived with his artist-wife, Ma...

The unashamedly partisan book by Daniel E. Sutherland also looks at the science behind Whistler’s nocturnes

From my "non-memoir" Borrowed Lives (now completed).

From a ninth-century Chinese frontispiece to Marxist magazine covers, this rich tome explores the power of illustration and the ways in which we read such images

Knife-Woman is the fullest account to date of the life of one of the most influential artists of the last century

The book provides a fresh—and refreshing—perspectives on famous works by the likes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Van Gogh and Goya

James King’s study places Jessica Dismorr and Helen Saunders at the centre of the movement

Novelist Laurent Binet weaves a compelling tale of Renaissance Italy with this art historical murder mystery

Stanford White and Augustus Saint-Gaudens had ambitious visions for New York City—and towering egos to match.

The pursuit of scientific knowledge through experiment demands training, rigor and precision. For some it is a deep source of joy.

Godfather of Trump University, Trump is insisting on his rules for private and public U.S. universities. RIGHT-WING AUTHORITARIANS such as Donald Trump and his MAGA minions drive their ideological …

In The Birds of America, a monumental achievement in every sense, John James Audubon wanted more than to illustrate nature. He made it come alive in his art, humbling mankind in the process.

The macabre artist’s blood-soaked prints and drawings at the start of the 20th century foretold future wars

The expansive literary scholarship of Werner Sollors

The correspondence between John and Yves Berger is both moving and enlightening

Author Annie Ernaux and journalist Marc Marie’s collaborative memoir documents a passionate yet haunted relationship

Film critic Pauline Kael, the epitome of New York sophistication, is often misquoted as having said that she didn’t know anyone who had voted for Nixon. Which is pretty funny. What she in fact said wa...

Marveling at fish that build, speeding wombats and other wonders of the animal world.

The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide