In his new book, "Junk Raft," Marcus Eriksen discovers a sea filled with tiny particles of harmful plastic.

Antonio Muñoz Molina’s novel about James Earl Ray is exhaustively detailed, but light on reflection.

Does "Pride and Prejudice" contain subversive political messages?

A new study represents a new low for pop psychology.

Individuals moving to newly-hip neighborhoods admit they are part of the problem. What can they do?

How the discovery of X-rays and infrared made us doubt the senses.

"The Incest Diary" is a shocking, highly literary new memoir of child sexual abuse.

A new book proposes Americans should compete against each other for wellbeing—so long as it's a "fair" contest.

Fast food did not just find its way to low-income neighborhoods. It was brought there by the federal government.

Jenny Zhang's new story collection is an elegant and unconventional take on the immigrant story.

The senator’s new book is a lucid examination of everything that’s wrong with the GOP in the Trump era. Too bad Flake is part of the problem.

How the aspirational class expresses its status in an age of inequality.

Jeremiah Moss's "Vanishing New York" and Tamara Shopsin's "Arbitrary Stupid Goal" look at what gentrification means for the city—and who's to blame.

Authors and publishers alike are finding that it's hard to sell books in a political climate where truth is stranger than fiction.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author discusses the Vietnam War, the writing life, and the archaeology of memory.

How Trump is helping to revive the publishing industry.

“Devil’s Bargain,” a new book about Steve Bannon, traces Trump’s presidency to a decades-old project to bury the Clintons.

What the rise of populist movements means for democracy.

Gwendolyn Brooks’s life and work asserted the humanity of black people in America.

How Angela Carter escaped a puritanical childhood and stifling marriage, and reimagined sexuality.