Do you worry that you worry too much? Don’t, you’re just human.
In his new book, Samir Chopra says that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are
By Becca RothfeldErik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
“The Demon of Unrest” zooms in on a place, time and small group of actors whose individual dramas encapsulate broader events in the run-up to the Civil War.
By Adam GoodheartHow Nicholson Baker learned to paint, without the help of Bob Ross
The celebrated novelist talks about his book “Finding a Likeness,” and what his triumphs and failures with a paintbrush have taught him.
By Nora KrugA romp through humanity’s greatest friendship (with dogs)
In “Dogland,” Tommy Tomlinson offers a wholly sympathetic portrait of people who love dog shows, and of dogs in general.
By Melissa Holbrook PiersonStop trying to make language ‘funner.’ Grammar rules exist for a reason.
Anne Curzan’s book “Says Who?” goes too far in renouncing the fundamental rules of language usage.
By Michael DirdaHow our treatment of animals has changed — and hasn’t — in 150 years
‘Our Kindred Creatures’ takes readers through the history of the animal rights movement.
By Richard Schiffman‘The Age of Magical Overthinking’ tries to pinpoint our mental health crisis
Amanda Montell casts a wide net in her new essay collection. Maybe too wide.
By Tatum HunterCanada’s Sophie Grégoire Trudeau wants to be your next lifestyle guru
Trudeau, recently separated from her husband, Justin Trudeau, is rebranding herself in a new book, “Closer Together.” Billed as a memoir, it has little dish.
By Karen HellerAmy Tan: Luring birds into my backyard turned out to be the easy part
From Tan’s new book, ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles,’ drawings and observations about attracting and befriending birds
By Amy TanFor Barbara Walters, success was never enough
Susan Page’s “The Rulebreaker” is a compelling, deliciously readable biography of a journalist who changed the face of TV news.
By Lynne OlsonWhat is aliveness? That’s not a trick question.
In the new book “On Giving Up,” psychotherapist and essayist Adam Phillips explores what it means to really participate in life.
By Dennis DuncanA gripping account of Captain Cook’s final voyage
“The Wide Wide Sea,” by Hampton Sides, recounts Cook’s search for the Northwest Passage.
By Martha Anne TollAn ambitious history of Germany interrogates the country’s moral makeover
In ‘Out of the Darkness,’ Frank Trentmann covers 80 years to assess the reckoning with the Nazi legacy
By Bryn StoleA new look at the original Romantic heartthrob, Lord Byron
On the 200th anniversary of his death, two new books explore the life and work of the poet who inspired the Byronic hero — proud, introspective and magnetic.
By Michael DirdaA sympathetic look at the rise — and stall — of gay conservatives
Neil J. Young’s “Coming Out Republican” offers the history of a movement that may not have actually been that influential.
By Nathan KohrmanSalman Rushdie recounts his attack and recovery in ‘Knife’
In his new memoir, the celebrated novelist reflects on the 2022 stabbing that nearly took his life
By Becca RothfeldHow climbing Mount Everest went from heroic feat to business proposition
In “Everest, Inc.,” journalist Will Cockrell tells the story of the big business of a very tall mountain.
By Carl HoffmanWorld War I’s famous soldier poets spring to life in ‘Muse of Fire’
Michael Korda’s group biography of Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and others is richly detailed and elegantly written
By Julia M. KleinLibraries are full of books about great cats. This one is special.
Caleb Carr’s memoir, “My Beloved Monster,” is a heart-rending tale of human-feline connection.
By Chris BohjalianA history of hypochondria wonders why we worry
In “A Body Made of Glass,” Caroline Crampton writes about the ways in which society has thought about diagnosis and delusion.
By Becca Rothfeld