An academic treatise on passive-aggression
A review of ’Dear Committee Members’, a hysterical novel about a beaten-down English prof at a second-tier U.S. university
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Why global warming leaves most of us cold
George Marshall’s shrewd account of the psychology of why we ignore climate change
Without curiosity, an age of stagnation
The internet is promoting the wrong kind of curiosity, Ian Leslie writes
Mothers and sisters
Marissa Stapley’s debut novel examines the complex relationships between women
Weird in a good way
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami crafts a plausibly strange world
Unruly Places: exotic destinations tourists have never heard of
Book review of ’Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies’
Joss Whedon’s biography will surprise even his most devoted fans
Book review of ’Joss Whedon: The Biography’
Maclean’s bestsellers
For the final week of July, as compiled by books editor Brian Bethune
Dave Eggers returns to a familiar theme in his new novel
Book review: Your Fathers, Where Are They? And Your Profits, Do They Live Forever?
A tale of bad luck and big kindness
Book review: Lucky Us, by Amy Bloom