Books

Quick Reads: "Twentysomething" by Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig

What is it about today's young adults?

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| Fri Nov. 30, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Capturing Calamity in Mexico City

Enrique Metinides' vivid photos document a half century of life and death in the Mexican megalopolis.

Photographs by Enrique Metinides. Text by Jeremy Lybarger.

 | Wed Nov. 14, 2012 11:52 PM PST

Quick Reads: "The Injustice System" by Clive Stafford Smith

A defense lawyer indicts the our injustice system for incompetence.

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| Thu Nov. 29, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Quick Reads: "What's a Dog For?" by John Homans

New York Magazine's exec editor ponders the cultural history of the dog.

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| Wed Nov. 28, 2012 4:00 AM PST

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Quick Reads: "Oddly Normal" by John Schwartz

A New York Times reporter reflects on parenting a gay child.

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| Tue Nov. 27, 2012 4:00 AM PST
UN takeover

Glenn Beck's New Book Looks Incredible

The punchline is that the conservative conspiracy theorist is, quietly, still very influential.

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| Wed Nov. 14, 2012 8:12 AM PST
Robin Sloan

Robin Sloan's Low-Tech Triumph

The digital whiz kid on his new novel, "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore," and how Twitter helped teach him to write.

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| Wed Nov. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Quick Reads: "What Are You Looking At?" by Will Gompertz

All you ever wanted to know about modern art, minus the pretentiousness.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Philip Pullman illustration

His Grimm Materials: A Conversation With Philip Pullman

The best-selling author on his new fairy tale collection, writerly superstitions, and what his daemon would look like.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: Sri Lankan Civil War Refracted in "Island of a Thousand Mirrors"

A fictionalized family epic through the island nation's bloody civil war flushes life into headlines and body counts.

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| Tue Oct. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Troll dolls

How to Deal With Internet Trolls: Cole Stryker, Defender of Anonymity

After Gawker's expose of a notorious Reddit troll, the author of "Hacking the Future: Privacy, Identity, and Anonymity on the Web" discusses side effects of protecting free speech.

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| Thu Oct. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Nicaragua: The Remains of the Revolution (Photos)

Kevin Kunishi takes us the mountains and jungles of Central America to document the aftermath of a decade of war.

Text by Mark Murrmann, Photos by Kevin Kunishi

 | Wed Oct. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Sasha Issenberg on the Secret Science of Winning Elections

"The Victory Lab" author talks voter microtargeting and why voting PSAs are totally worthless.

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| Wed Oct. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Utah Set to Send Glenn Beck-Approved End Times Novelist to Congress

GOP congressional candidate Chris Stewart says America needs a miracle—him.

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| Tue Sep. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver

Nate Silver correctly predicted the winner of 49 states in the 2008 election, and now he tells us why others get the wrong.

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| Tue Sep. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
The Story of My Assassins

Quick Reads: "The Story of My Assassins" by Tarun J. Tejpal

A fictional memoir from a real life investigative journalist exploring the Indian underground.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
wired up!

A Beautiful Book of Glam, Proto-Punk, and Bubblegum 45 RPM Record Sleeves

"Wired Up!" is a wild, weird jaunt down the rabbit hole of record collector nerd-dom.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Quick Reads: "The End of Men" by Hanna Rosin

Women are taking over, argues Hanna Rosin in this expanded take on her Atlantic cover story of the same name.

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| Mon Sep. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Explicitly Fake Science Book Banned in Texas School District

With chapters like "Chemistry: Blowing Things Up With Science," the book "Fake Science 101" is clearly a farce—but the joke went right over the heads of some school officials.

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| Wed Sep. 5, 2012 12:59 PM PDT
How Children Succeed

Quick Reads: "How Children Succeed" By Paul Tough

The road to success is all about failure, argues journalist Paul Tough.

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| Mon Sep. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT