Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
By Frank Dikötter
The USSR played a key role in Mao’s rise and rule.
American Poison
By Daniel Stone
A timely tale about corporate whitewashing that contaminated a nation.
Making Sense of Slavery
By Scott Spillman
A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws
By Kirk Ellis
Once upon a time, onscreen crime was more scandalous than the real thing.
A comprehensive, entertaining compendium of military lingo.
Meet one of our esteemed panelists!
Lake Effect: A Novel
By Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Things are chilly up in Rochester — in more ways than one.
We came, we read, we gushed.
In his debut novel, the writer conjures a provocative, South Africa-like country.
