Robert Kolker’s latest book, The Vanishing Family, tracks the effects of inherited dementia and the many transformations that follow.

In 'Roll the Calls,' the unbearable rage, hilarity and horror of being a Hollywood super-agent

In 'Berlin Before and After,' Wendy Lesser finds herself surprisingly at home in a city that, against all odds, remains deeply Jewish

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With the completion of its central tower—more than 140 years after the project began—the Barcelona basilica’s spectacular combination of the architect’s unique style and the contributions of subsequen...

The searing new memoir, 'The Wound Is Where the Light Enters,' details Young's journey from a mandatory life sentence to freedom through self-education and an extraordinary legal fight.

W.H. Auden’s wit and precision in poetry stood in sharp contrast to his chaotic lifestyle.

In Rachel Aviv's new essay collection 'You Won’t Get Free of It,' she explores childhood trauma, mental illness and the slipperiness of truth.

Anna Arno's intelligent and intricate biography tells the tragic story of Paul Celan

Magnus Carlsen hadn’t considered his upstart American opponent a formidable foe. After an unexpected loss, he leveled a serious accusation.

Ferrer calls her new book ‘a plea for forgiveness from the people hurt by our leaving’

In a poignant new novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of

Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History illuminates the crucial relationship between the U.S. and a tiny Dutch Caribbean island during the Revolution.

Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History illuminates the crucial relationship between the U.S. and a tiny Dutch Caribbean island during the Revolution.

In her second novel, Julia Langbein expertly weaves together art history and a fantastical, feminist reclamation of public shame. It's also very funny.

'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland

Jacques Berlinerblau's new book examines the limits of free speech in an era of ideological contention and internet virality

As a child in New Orleans, Nicholas Lemann never attended a bar mitzvah or heard Hebrew. Mardi Gras held more importance than Yom Kippur.

Ian Buruma's 'Stay Alive' is at once panoramic and intimate, dispassionate and deeply moving

Daniel Okrent’s new biography, 'Art Isn’t Easy,' pulls back the curtain on Stephen Sondheim’s complicated life, including his vices and romances.

Natalie Davis’ memoir "Saying Yes" offers a raw, honest look at her transition from a conventional marriage to a life of "ethical nonmonogamy."

In 'Family of Spies,' author Christine Kuehn confronts a past that is stranger and more sinister than fiction.

Matthew Pearl’s cleverly plotted literary satire "The Award" begins with an intriguing author’s note: “Some of this happened.” We may never know just what.

Douglas Century's offers the rivieting story of the 23-year-old heroine who died while trying to save Hungarian Jews.

'Empire of Orgasm' chronicles the descent of a Bay Area-based wellness company that promised sexual liberation but ultimately morphed into a manipulative enterprise.

Significant figures in the social and political circles that shaped revolutionary America, the Schuyler sisters found ways to influence the direction of a young country.

Gov. Josh Stein ’88 on the politics of showing up and providing grounded leadership in a divided state

Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution traces the complex legacy, at home and abroad, of the Declaration of Independence.

In her new book, Anne Sebba traces the grim history of 'The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.'

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner conducted more than 150 interviews for his portrait of Lin-Manuel Miranda, a joyous artist who absorbs useful lessons from nearly everything he hears, reads and sees.

Burrowing into both Afghan family life and the country’s convoluted politics, Åsne Seierstad's "The Afghans" follows three people over several decades, culminating in the dramatic first year of the Ta...

Joshua Sharpe’s book is about the killing of a Black couple in 1985 at a Georgia church and the wrongful conviction that eventually resulted.

Set amid the terror of war in Ukraine, Wachman's debut is a novel of unmistakable authenticity and empathy.

Set amid the terror of war in Ukraine, Wachman's debut is a novel of unmistakable authenticity and empathy.

During the struggle for American independence, artists on both sides of the Atlantic were moved to capture the moment in paintings and sculpture.

In Michael Grynbaum's latest book, magazine moguls Si Newhouse Jr. and Alexander Liberman preside over the creation of a tastemaking empire.

Argentina’s unfinished reckoning shows how difficult it can be to recover from state terror.