Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a George Washington Travelogue, a Holocaust Story of Survival, a History of Cuba, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

We Owe Our Entire Existence to a Bunch of Long-Necked Mouth-Breathers

We Owe Our Entire Existence to a Bunch of Long-Necked Mouth-Breathers

Elsa Panciroli Looks Deep Into the Fossil Gap

By Elsa Panciroli | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 27, 2021

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

By Dan Sheehan | September 24, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

Now you can browse F. Scott Fitzgerald’s papers, including Gatsby manuscripts, online.

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

By Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani | September 24, 2021

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

P. Djèlí Clark on Imagining an Anti-Colonial 1900s Cairo

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 24, 2021

How Can We Recapture the Ambition and Hope of the Space-Race Days?

How Can We Recapture the Ambition and Hope of the Space-Race Days?

Mariana Mazzucato Guests on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | September 24, 2021

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

On the Precocious Early Years of Marie Antoinette

Nancy Goldstone Recounts the Freedom of Life Before Marriage to Louis XVI

By Nancy Goldstone | September 23, 2021

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 23, 2021

On the End of Debutante “Presentation Parties” at Buckingham Palace

On the End of Debutante “Presentation Parties” at Buckingham Palace

Princess Margaret: “We had to put a stop to it. Every tart in London was getting in.”

By Adrian Tinniswood | September 23, 2021

Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain’s Imperialistic Foundations

Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain’s Imperialistic Foundations

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 23, 2021

<em>Napoleon</em> by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon by Ruth Scurr, read by Tanya Cubric

Napoleon’s Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

By Behind the Mic | September 23, 2021

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