- January 19, 2004
- Kings of America
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.
- January 11, 1999
- "The Orchid Thief"
- May 24, 1999
- True West
Writing about the West is trickier than it looks -- and Annie Proulx, in her new collection of stories, carries it off without a hitch.
- July 14, 2003
- Electric Ladies' Man
Benjamin Franklin, genius and rake, the first American superstar, proves more than a match for Walter Isaacson in a new biography.
- June 10, 2002
- The Cool War
The Russian Debutante's Handbook
By Gary Shteyngart.
- May 17, 2004
- How We Got Shafted at the Revolution
New York deserves a more prominent place in America’s creation saga. Two new books will help.
- May 20, 2002
- Halberstam's Heroes
Firehouse
By David Halberstam
- December 6, 2004
- The Believer
Marilynne Robinson’s demanding novel confines characters— and readers—to Christian doctrine.
- November 24, 2003
- Daddy Warhol
Steven Watson’s excellent new history of Warhol in the sixties shows him as a highly permissive father in a Manhattan avant-garde sitcom.
- April 4, 2005
- Terror Comes to Tiny Town
Jonathan Safran Foer channels the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a child.

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