The Cult of LEGO
How the blocks and “minifigs” have leapt the gap from toy to obsession.
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Death Comes to Pemberley
A murder mystery set in the world of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
Before he died in 2007, Kurt Vonnegut granted biographer Charles J. Shields (Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee) access to…
Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion
The complicated woman who pioneered family planning and advocated population control.
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
There can be no more dependable indicator that we now all inhabit (or delude ourselves into believing we inhabit) a…
Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage
The life of the “first person of African descent in the Americas to publish a book.”
Pulphead: Essays
A new collection of essays on subjects ranging from reality television to Christian rock.
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
An exploration of the imperfect art of translation.
The Sense of an Ending
The Man Booker Prize-winning novel revolves around an unreliable narrator confronting secrets from his past.
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
A new life — and new collection — of a film critic whose influence has yet to fade.
The Marriage Plot
The new novel from the author of Middlesex combines Victorian concerns with postmodern play.
Wildwood
The lead singer of the Decembrists pens a novel filled with characters you might find in one of his songs.
The Barbarian Nurseries
A vibrant novel that captures the tumult of Los Angeles in one maid’s search for answers.
The Stranger’s Child
The author of The Line of Beauty turns to the Great War and the myth of the poet-soldier.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Did a poem discovered by an Italian book collector make the Renaissance possible?
Perfect
An arresting new novel-in-verse follows four Nevada teens as they try to come to terms with their flaws and limitations.