BNR editor James Mustich scouts a score of the coming year's books.

Eric Foner follows the shifts in thought that led an embattled defender of the Union to become the Great Emancipator.

 What drove the author of Moby-Dick on his visionary quest?

The new film adaptation of this  mordant Western is an occasion to celebrate the author's neglected storytelling mastery.

An early work of bold philosophical inquiry by the celebrated novelist sheds light on a literary mind in the making.

The Red Planet has inspired scientific fantasies ranging from little green men to monstrous canal-builders.

Norma Jean's canine companion tells all.

A collection of young writers gazes in the mirror and attempts to answer a burning sociological question.

In a prequel to The Heretic's Daughter, a young woman in Colonial Massachusetts vies with beasts of more than one kind.

A posthumous short story collection invites a look back at the "style-drenched" work of an audacious writer.

A Turkish private eye in Frankfurt, Germany, faces down a nationalist gang in a tale half hardboiled American crime, half sly European satire.

Our editors choose their ten favorite unclassifiable books of the year.

Our editors choose their ten favorite nonfiction books of the year.

Our editors choose their ten favorite fiction books of the year.

Frederick Reuss's new novel tracks two men whose daily decisions can bring down innocent bystanders a world away.

Our editors  choices for the best books of the year.

A collection of "uncommon delicacies," curated with care and garnished with wit.

Two new creations summon the spirit of the most famous fictional character of all.