Why the Islamic State keeps winning over our young
The Killing Game examines the foreign-fighter phenomenon
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Padma Lakshmi: Rushdie, racism & the ’girl thing’ no one mentions
Padma Lakshmi, the ’Top Chef’-judging, billionaire-dating former model, has written the über female celebrity memoir—frank, juicy and surprisingly radical
An amazing, inventive, hilarious kids’ book about—dementia?
Comedian David Walliams—that guy behind the cult hit ’Little Britain’—is now becoming even better-known as an author of children’s books
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of Mar. 8
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction from the week that was
Rosemary Sullivan wins the prestigious 2016 RBC Taylor Prize
Another award, another win for the biography of Joseph Stalin’s daughter penned by Sullivan, who thanked Stalin’s granddaughter for the access
Meet Jeff Lemire — the next big thing
The Stephen King of comics has been hailed by Joseph Boyden—and X-Men fans—as a rising star
Sarah Bakewell takes us drinking with the existentialists
At The Existentialist Café showcases Bakewell’s knack for writing smart, gossipy reads on heady subjects
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl in addictive short stories
Mona Awad’s debut fiction takes an increasingly painful look at a girl from Mississauga
The greatest hockey player ever
A book about field-hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr. sets the record straight
Jean McNeil’s stunning memoir of home, family and Antarctica
McNeil recalls her days as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey