Podcast Episode · Untangle · October 13 · 49m

Our favourite books published between July and September

Household names like Emily St. John Mandel, Marlon James, and Ann Patchett have soared with blockbuster novels.

A conversation with author Kimon de Greef about his new book “The Ego Trip”

Keefe’s new book explores a teenager’s mysterious death on the River Thames.

Matthew Futterman, author of The Cruelest Game, wants to understand why so many top tennis players are struggling.

Joining Bloomberg This Weekend is Best Selling Author Patrick Radden Keefe to discuss his new book 'London Falling,' which explores the mysterious 2019 death of 19-year-old Zac Brettler, whose parents...

Journeys outward and inward

The seasoned criminals of “Cool Machine” adapt to the chaos, striving, and gentrification of the 1980s.

The Amateur begins with a death and builds to a courtroom drama, a trial for involuntary manslaughter. This is not a spoiler: the narrator in my new novel – a tale framed as a memoir – begins her s…

For many journalists, even those operating at Patrick Radden Keefe's level, writing and reporting a book can be a solitary exercise marked by bouts of anxiety. “One of the strange aspects of this job ...

Gurus claim that smoking the secretions of certain toads offers a path to the divine. Others have had less sublime experiences.

The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis is a riveting exposé of professional tennis by revered journalist Matthew Futterman (of The New York Times and The Athletic) exploring th…

Bestselling author John Searles joins Saturday TODAY to discuss his new book “Single Girls” that he says is perfect for fans of “Mad Men,” “Sex & The City” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” He also shares ...

"She's famous for this, her worry—her talent for letting her worry do all the work of love" —Tom Junod

Following toad poachers across the Sonoran Desert

The long, tangled, and mostly wrong history of the psychedelic toad.

Following toad poachers across the Sonoran Desert

Apple TV is in development on a series based on Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem' trilogy, including 'Harlem Shuffle,' 'Crook Manifesto' and 'Cool Machine.'

Kimon de Greef’s The Ego Trip reveals how a fabricated origin story, a self-styled guru and a powerful psychedelic combined to launch a global phenomenon.

Washington was the perfect man for an impossible moment — aristocratic enough to command the respect of erudite founders like Hamilton and Jefferson, y...

After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the country's new leaders — religious and political — promised to redistribute the country's wealth and made moves to make Iran independent from western influence...

Colson Whitehead is a transitional figure in literary history, one of the literati of the post-Toni Morrison era, trained at elite schools (Trinity School, Harvard), highly attuned to nuances of ra…

Our reviewers’ 10-plus favorites include Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy finale, plus investigations into Nigeria’s romance scammers and the Nord Stream sabotage.

Join a live conversation with comedian, author, and podcaster Chris Duffy and GGSC’s Kelly Rafferty, Ph.D., exploring humor not as an escape from life’s challenges, but as a way through them.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the release of “Cool Machine,” the final book in his blockbuster trilogy of New York-based crime novels

The Ego Trip author on the sea, the pull of South Africa, and how his ecology background shapes the stories he tells.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Billings author Giano Cromley returns home with his debut novel, a Montana-set adventure about friendship, wonder, and the search for Bigfoot. American Myth ...

Celebrate the release of Colson Whitehead's new NYC-set novel, "Cool Machine," on a walking tour of Manhattan!

The final book in the author’s Harlem Trilogy is out now; read our recommendations from his œuvre.

The theme of this week is very simple: two of the hottest novels of summer 2026 What I read this week Famous Men by Julie Buntin "I was naive, but not so naive that I hadn't already heard this sto...

The two-time Pulitzer winner breaks down the final installment of his trilogy featuring furniture salesman Ray Carney.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author opens up about midlife, the state of writing, and how his new book, ‘Cool Machine,’ makes sense of the world

“Cool Machine” bids farewell to Ray Carney in a witty, bloody, and unexpectedly moving finale to the Harlem Trilogy.

What Clare Beams's THE GARDEN teaches us about navigating the third-person point of view.

The Pulitzer Prize-winner pivots to the 1980s in 'Cool Machine,' delivering a dazzling, humor-infused masterpiece that cements his Harlem trilogy as an American classic.

The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.

Like a criminal landing the ultimate score, Colson Whitehead rounds out his Harlem Trilogy with another urban masterpiece, Cool Machine.

Colson Whitehead’s career shows the power of restlessness in writing.