It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

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In her sophomore novel, award-winning author Rachel Khong crafts an inter-generational saga that asks timely questions about trauma, identity, assimilation, and destiny. Real Americans is split ...

Every year, the literary world crowns its champions—novels that stand apart for their artistry, their resonance, and their ability to shift the way we see the world. In 2024, this tradition ...

This year’s top titles range from an alphabet book of quirky tunes to an authentic portrait of our nation Megan Gambino Senior Editor When I first started compiling this year-end book list ...

2024 was truly an excellent year for the comic book industry, whether you prefer epic superhero titles from the Big Two, groundbreaking new stories from smaller publishers, or massive graphic ...

The 39 most anticipated books of 2025 include Susan Choi’s long-awaited follow-up to Trust Exercise, an essay collection from environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers ...

From Samantha Harvey’s spellbinding Booker winner Orbital to Percival Everett’s ambitious retelling of Huckleberry Finn, James, these are the books that made the most lasting impression on our ...

That attitude has resulted in a mostly anything-goes society designed to absorb and cause our wrongdoings to supposedly disappear, much like John Updike describes in his novel The Witches of Eastwick, ...

I follow the news during daylight hours. At night, I read a book. Sometimes it’s a poetry collection I can finish in an evening. Sometimes it’s a memoir or a thick, juicy novel that will carry ...