This Week’s Hot Reads

by Cameron Martin, Jessica Ferri, Jimmy So May 20, 2013 6:03 PM EDT

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tale of reassimilation back into Nigeria to a road-trip novel from... MORE

Gatsby in Chengdu

by Matt Lombardi May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

What can F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel tell us about present-day China?... MORE

Reviewing the Reviewers

by Ben Greenman May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Ben Greenman critiques the practice of criticism—and admits to having written reviews about books... MORE

Fact-Checking ‘Inferno’

by Noah Charney May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Noah Charney finds 10 mistakes and oversimplifications in Dan Brown’s new book ‘Inferno.’ MORE

The Essential Balzac

by Ronald K. Fried May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

On the French writer’s birthday, Ronald Fried picks three of his best novels that speak to the... MORE

The Brainteaser

by Jonathan Weiner May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Is the brain no different from a light switch?... MORE

Rumsfeld, Advice Giver

by Dean Obeidallah May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Comedian Dean Obeidallah reviews the former secretary of defense’s new book of rules. MORE

A League of Their Own

by Nicholas Mancusi May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Can baseball still define an America that’s in decline rather than rocketing to the top?... MORE

The Christian Iconoclast

by Joshua DuBois May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Joshua DuBois talks with author Donald Miller on the struggle to find meaning in life—and why we... MORE

The Week’s Best Reads

by David Sessions May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions. MORE

The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth

by Adam Doster May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Were her curves too much for Ruth and Gehrig? Adam Doster follows the trail of an amazing story. MORE

Happy End of the World

by Nick Romeo May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

A new book explores the history of mass extinctions and how the human species can survive the next... MORE