The Maclean’s bestseller list: March 17
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
You have to see these libraries. (But shh—people are reading.)
Books may be under siege, but these odd, charming libraries are taking them to the Earth’s farthest corners
The strange history of hair removal
Rebecca Herzig tracks the growing American antipathy towards body hair
The Lusitania and the ways of modern war: Book review
The sinking of the Lusitania is a well-known story but Larson turns the tale into an elegy on the contingency of war
The Maclean’s bestseller list: March 3
The hottest books in fiction and non-fiction
Plum Johnson wins the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize
The gobsmacked author rose wonderfully to the occasion, writes Brian Bethune
For the love of trees, words and forests: Book review
Geography professor Charles Watkins traces mankind’s endless fascination with trees in his fact-crammed history
A return to Second World War England: Book review
Humphreys’ new novel tells a story that moves from a POW camp in Germany to the London area
Tunnels, traps and tours: part allure, part paranoia
Our fascination with tunnels has always been double-edged
The Interview: An eminent Catholic scholar on a new kind of Pope
Historian Garry Wills on the openness of Pope Francis, his respect for the faith of the people—and why his bishops will fall into line