After Trump’s election, Rorty’s prophecy of social collapse went viral. His final book is perhaps the clearest account of his political thinking.

A new book traces the language of brainwashing to a series of Cold War–era scares.

Beth Morgan’s “A Touch of Jen” is the latest work to reckon with a social media–fueled obsession.

We know why they were built and why they have to come down.

A new book examines the tension between Elon Musk’s personality and the business of making cars. But what if there is none?

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

The economist Emily Oster’s “Expecting Better” made parenting less daunting. Her new book, “The Family Firm,” does the opposite.

How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency

Do we give the activist groups of the 1960s more credit than they deserve?

Populism is the villain of Jan-Werner Müller’s new book. But a revitalized democracy needs to engage the people.

Both coffee and opium come from plants. Why embrace one and not the other?

In her rivetingly funny letters, the author of “The Lottery” transformed the stuff of daily life into magic.

The great discoveries of the age captivated his imagination. He almost always misunderstood them.

Narrated by an interpreter for a war criminal at the Hague, Kitamura’s new novel weighs connection and disconnection.

The creator of James Bond had an unremarkable career in intelligence and considered his own books “piffle.”

Legal pundits have failed to pinpoint the greatest problems with the former attorney general.

From “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” to “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” what do bestselling guides to self-improvement reveal about the United States?

Helen Scales’s fascinating book about life in the deepest parts of the ocean carries a powerful warning.

It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.

According to Amanda Montell’s new book, “Cultish,” the jargon and technical language of fanaticism is surprisingly common.