Book Review: ‘Everything Must Go,’ by Dorian Lynskey Image Date Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description A new book by the British cultural journalist Dorian Lynskey chronicles our centuries-old obsession with doomsday scenarios.
Book Review: ‘Dark Laboratory,’ by Tao Leigh Goffe Date Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description In “Dark Laboratory,” Tao Leigh Goffe traces the origins of global environmental collapse to the explorer’s conquest of the Caribbean.
Book Review: ‘Mona Acts Out,’ by Mischa Berlinski Date Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Mischa Berlinski’s shrewd comic novel finds a veteran actress reconnecting with her deposed mentor while facing the challenge of playing Cleopatra.
Book Review: ‘Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything,’ by Colette Shade Image Date Monday, January 20, 2025 - 10:34 AM Description In a vibrant collection of “essays on the future that never was,” Colette Shade takes a cold look at the cheery promise of the 2000s.
Book Review: ‘The Wickedest,’ by Caleb Femi Image Date Monday, January 20, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description Details are in Caleb Femi’s new poetry collection, “The Wickedest.”
Book Review: ‘Somewhere Toward Freedom,’ by Bennett Parten Image Date Monday, January 20, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description “Somewhere Toward Freedom” tells the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea from the perspective of the formerly enslaved.
Book Review: ‘Bowling With Corpses,’ by Mike Mignola Date Monday, January 20, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Mike Mignola’s “Bowling With Corpses” is full of suspicious shadows and offbeat jokes.
Book Review: ‘A Crack in Everything,’ by Marcus Chown Image Date Sunday, January 19, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Marcus Chown’s “A Crack in Everything” is a journey through space and time with the people studying one of the most enigmatic objects in the universe.
Book Review: ‘The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant’ Image Date Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Mavis Gallant wrote short stories full of brutal humor that examined the hell of other people.
Book Review: ‘Open Socrates,’ by Agnes Callard Image Date Friday, January 17, 2025 - 5:21 AM Description In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life.