The final posthumous volume of autobiographical fiction from Henry Roth—seven decades after his legendary debut, Call It Sleep.

Before Saul Alinsky, there was no such thing as a "community organizer."

Morrie Morgan is back, hiding out from Chicago gangsters in a Montana mining town.

The familial passions, jealousies, and deceit that swirled around the Belle of Amherst accentuate the rareness of her gifts.

A tale of love and intrigue set in the cultural cross-currents of 19th-century Nagasaki, from the author of Cloud Atlas.

The close of the 19th century saw the birth of political terrorism -- and the unintended consequences of trying to stop it. Read more...

The shadowy allure of New York City's once-vibrant port, and the scandal that inspired On the Waterfront.

A World War II effort to develop antibiotics—and the ethical complications that arise—are seen through the lens of a photographer's eye.

A lawyer assembles a remarkably detailed history of English anti-Semitism, from the Middle Ages to the present.

The pianist and composer returns to the keyboard with tunes both classic and fresh. Read more...

A long-out-of-print American classic that played the familiar melody of a family struggle in an exuberant new key.

Two new books unfold the improbable journey of yoga from Hindu practice to global obsession.

A journalist and a law professor collect documents that illuminate one of our era's most divisive court battles.

How two American women, Sylvia Beach and Margaret Anderson, helped row James Joyce’s Ulysses to shore.

The author revisits the characters of his debut novel, Less Than Zero, in a Los Angeles haunted by dread.

Let the pundits rage: Learning not to lean on links can make you a better writer. Read more...

Justin Cronin's hefty new work of modern fantasy promises to transport the reader away from everyday cares—but can it deliver?

An internet guru's audacious explanation of how the web is turning free time into a shared global resource of inspiring dimensions.

The acclaimed biographer of Balzac and Victor Hugo reveals the secret history of Paris, from Marie Antoinette to Mitterand.

A critic's recent listening suggest reports of jazz's death have been greatly overstated. Read more...

A dedicated gamer's reflections on the power, the potential, and the price of ever-multiplying virtual worlds. Read more...

A new book on the life of the controversial writer, teacher, and thinker is a labor of thwarted scholarly love. Read more...

A single mother's affecting memoir of adoption, small town life, and constructing moments of order amid life's chaos.

A cogent and thoroughly researched articulation of the growing fear that the Internet is driving us to dangerous distraction.

A new group biography of the free-spirited, socially radical, and doom-struck circle of Percy and Mary Shelley, Byron, and Keats.

Tracing her family history leads the author into a forest of Cold War mysteries.

Two recent books about conflict in the Middle East reveal the limitations of thinking simplistically about the region.

In this overstuffed, satirical tale, the last Jew alive becomes the object of the world's fascination, desires, and fears.

Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was the richest and most successful writer of his time, but his life—as this superlative biography reveals—was a mess.