Death and MadnessThis Week’s Hot ReadsThis week: a grandson’s compelling dive into his grandfather’s life as a WWII combat psychiatrist an his most famous patient, and a journalist’s journey into a college classroom where death is the subject.Damaris Colhoun
The UnknownThis Week’s Hot ReadsFrom the mystery of neutrinos to the tragedy of Newtown.Damaris Colhoun
Read ‘EmThis Week’s Hot ReadsThis week: a book about men in all sorts of ways, a writer’s 1940s New York, a rain drenched Irish tale of murder and pursuit, and a novel filled with trash.Damaris Colhoun
TwinshipsThis Week's Hot Reads<p>Two masters of the crime novel have new works: Jo Nesbo’s <i>Police</i> and George Pelecanos’s <i>The Double</i>.</p> Damaris Colhoun
This Week’s Hot ReadsFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding’s next book, to the story of mushroom foragers who supply fungal gold to the world’s best restaurants.Damaris Colhoun
On the HuntThis Week’s Hot Reads: ‘Byzantium,’ ‘A Marker to Measure Drift’This week, a stunning debut of historically set stories, Edward Said’s daughter hunts for her roots, and a journey told in noodles.Jessica Ferri
NeighborsThis Week’s Hot ReadsFrom a novel of Brooklyn neuroses to what happens when evangelicals take over an Alaskan national park.Damaris Colhoun