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

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

In a teasing blend of fiction and memoir, the provocative writer turns the camera on the inner lives of his children.

The notes of a legendary thinker experiencing, and reflecting on grief in both personal and universal terms.

An emotionally layered, searchingly intelligent musical memoir, with lyrics and commentary.

A fascinating new illustrated history looks at how we visualize the vast territory of the past.

The novelist, thinker, and cyberpunk legend chats about history and favela chic, and tells us "The future is where we go to die." Read more...

Anne Carson recollects her brother in a remarkable elegy.