We can't escape the accelerating pace of modern life, argues James Gleick, so we might as well enjoy it. But that doesn't leave time for much else -- say, reading.

The Nautical Chart
By Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Managing a great fortune is a moral challenge. And David Rockefeller -- whatever you think of his accomplishments -- rose to it.

Jonathan Lethem fixates on adolescence, while Michael Chabon comes to terms with maturity.

Seth Mnookin goes inside the paper of record’s 2003 meltdown—and uncovers much inadvertent mirth.

In his new book, ex-Republican Kevin Phillips writes less a work of history than a screed and a lament. He hasn’t changed; the GOP has.

Writing about the West is trickier than it looks -- and Annie Proulx, in her new collection of stories, carries it off without a hitch.

Benjamin Franklin, genius and rake, the first American superstar, proves more than a match for Walter Isaacson in a new biography.

The Russian Debutante's Handbook
By Gary Shteyngart.