Blake Gopnik’s biography shows an artist haunted by death, seeking refuge in consumerism.

A post-9/11 veteran novelist explores a post-Vietnam literary soiree gone bad, and finds timeless lessons about a contentious and still-evolving genre.

Evangelicals have successfully promoted a depoliticized vision of their movement. Its fundamental principles have plenty in common with Trump.

He evidently believes that he can make more money self-publishing—especially if he portrays the move as a rebuke of liberal elites.

A dark new family history from Donald Trump’s niece may be the most intimate psychological portrait of him yet.

Andrew Martin’s characters spend a lot of time gently mocking their own privilege.

Two books grappling with loss offer strange solace.

A new book reveals that our paranoid crisis has been a century in the making.

Zephyr Teachout’s new book lays bare the private legal system that shores up their immense power—and hides it from public view.

The German sociologist’s famous treatise on capitalism takes on new meaning amid a job-destroying pandemic.

Leigh Stein’s novel “Self Care” drowns wellness Instagrammers in their own moon juice.

In the dangerous and secretive world of Phase I clinical trials, black men bear the greatest risks.

“The Room Where It Happened” is a powerful indictment of Trump—and of its author.

The idea that programs must be funded by tax dollars is a myth. Stephanie Kelton’s new book explains how money really works.

A new documentary and a new book about the disgraced pedophile only gesture at the upper-crust social milieu that tolerated his crimes.

The raucous francophone comic book series has been cleaned up for a new audience. Can it survive the edit?

The industry is facing demands to live up to its stated values. That might mean ditching writers like Donald Trump Jr.

Thirty-four years after the prime minister was murdered, Sweden has identified his assassin. But the case is by no means concluded.

When Ilze Hugo started writing about an outbreak, she thought she was imagining a far-fetched dystopia.

A new book about the free jazz pioneer illuminates the moral and political significance of the postwar avant-garde.