Books

Author John A. Farrell discusses a president prone to paranoia, and stoking up angry, white voters. He also mentions Donald Trump.

Author Tom Nichols argues that people are angry at journalists for giving them what they want: pared-down stories tailored to them

One of the great American writers of his generation discusses U.S. politics, the power of books, and his late friend David Foster Wallace

A Q&A with Kory Stamper, an editor at Merriam-Webster and author of ’Word By Word,’ on profanity, and the politics of language

This month’s must-reads: George Saunders’ novel, an argument about humanness, a First Nations Holden Caulfield tale, and more

Bruce Cannon Gibney on how U.S. boomers—raised amid postwar plenty, with Trump as their ’id’—developed excessive self-interest

A book about Vimy and a new novel from Emma Richler debut on our weekly bestsellers list

King’s fourth nomination served up a win that studies of a much younger Monet, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci did not

A Q&A with Stephen Marche on why men’s gender issues have helped lead to Donald Trump’s presidency—and what’s wrong with how we discuss the topic

A wide-ranging interview with the cult writer on Trump, Scottish independence, and oddly, why he’s hesitant to legalize drugs