The Poison Tree
A chilling tale of crimeand consequences set amid the pleasure-seekers of 1990s London.
Barnes & Noble Reads
The Universe Next Door
BrianGreene’s audacious new book makes the case for the multiverse, in whicheverything that can happen, does.
Disaster Preparedness
A wry memoir of childhood in the pop-culture saturated 1970s and 1980s, from a widely-admired cultural critic.
The Lover’s Dictionary
A playful romanceconstructed in the form of a list of definitions sidesteps the meaning of loveitself.
Everything You Know is Pong
In my later teenage years, my aspirations toward becoming a writer were crystallized in large part by viewing a feature…
True Grit
The new film adaptation of this mordant Western is an occasion to celebrate the author’s neglected storytelling mastery.
Colonel Roosevelt
The final volume of thismajestic biography follows “TR” into jungle adventure and Progressiveleadership.
Unbroken
A true story of a World WarII airman’s unimaginable ordeal, and endurance against the odds, from theauthor of Seabiscuit.
Comics Raw and Cooked
The delights of freedom and the power of precision are on display in new works from Lynda Barry and Chris…
The Ghost Stories of Lafcadio Hearn
The uniquely chilling tales of an almost forgotten master of spectral fiction.
Oliver Sacks
A conversation withneurologist and bestselling author Oliver Sacks about his latest book, The Mind’s Eye, an exploration of themysteries of…
Amitava Kumar
The novelist and criticdiscusses the “ecology of terror” and the challenge of writing withhonesty.
The Weekend
The release of a terroristraises uncomfortable questions about Germany’s past, and present.
Our Kind of Traitor
The author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy returnswith a characteristically compelling…
Create Dangerously
The award-winning noveliston the suffering in her Haitian birthplace, and the role of the immigrantartist.
Where Good Ideas Come From
Astimulating and wide-ranging investigation of the genesis of innovation, by aculturally omnivorous reader and thinker (you’ll learn a lot).
The Wilding
MotherNature’s dark side comes to the fore in Benamin Percy’s tale of a woodlandexcursion gone wrong.
The Honor Code
A philosopher argues for honor as a key moral concept—and as the catalyst for moral revolutions.
You Were Wrong
An obnoxious stepfather, a lovely burglar, and an overwhelmed young math teacher wrestle with words.