About 45 minutes into A Complete Unknown, Joan Baez tells Bob Dylan he’s “kind of an asshole.” As the scene plays, I suspect ...

Readers are unlikely to come upon another book on this topic that so thoroughly explores its checkered past and describes in such detail the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that ushered in what we now ...

Amid a plethora of end-of-the-year best books lists, some noteworthy titles inevitably fall under the radar. The following is ...

Jacobsen doesn’t flinch from detailing the horrors and devastation of thermonuclear Armageddon. It takes a strong stomach to work your way through her account, but readers will come away with a keener ...

Italy is a magical, mystical blend of timeless history and artistic masterpieces; scenery that will take your breath away; ...

Nick Harkaway, the pseudonymous author of the new novel Karla’s Choice (dubbed by the publisher “A John Le Carré novel”), is ...

Harkaway is a skilled mimic of his father’s colorful dialogue, thumbnail character descriptions, and attention to setting. The dialogue rarely strikes a false note, though at times, Smiley seems far ...