Washington Post: Books
- Turn up the volume: This month’s best audiobooks have something to say
Monday - 06/17/2019 - 02:00 PMWorks by Josh Levin, Chia-Chia Lin and David Downing
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ten books that explain the complicated nostalgia of being a child of diaspora
Monday - 06/17/2019 - 01:00 PM“Americanah,” “If They Come for Us” and more serve as a balm for longing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside the hidden life of Kim Jong Un
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 08:00 AMAnna Fifield traces the North Korean leader’s rise, ruthlessness and surprising openness.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The bureaucratic battles and political skirmishes that shaped World War II
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 08:32 AMJames Lacey argues that infighting in Washington was key to America’s success.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dear Mona Awad: Your novel ‘Bunny’ is a lot of fun, but I have some quibbles
Thursday - 06/13/2019 - 09:00 AMSome of the story — well, the whole premise, too — feels awfully familiar.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘BoJack Horseman’s’ Raphael Bob-Waksberg turns his brain to the heart
Wednesday - 06/12/2019 - 06:00 PMThe writer visits Politics and Prose on Thursday to discuss his new short story collection, "Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Which D.C. novel best captures the city?
Tuesday - 06/11/2019 - 12:07 PMThat depends on what Washington the author is trying to portray.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading
Saturday - 06/08/2019 - 10:00 AMDominic Smith’s “The Electric Hotel” explores the volatile intersection of art and commerce, among other themes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Life beyond ‘Star Trek’: Kate Mulgrew’s poignant, sometimes shocking family story
Friday - 06/07/2019 - 08:00 AMIn her memoir “How to Forget,” the actress shows another side of her steely TV persona.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Susan Richards Shreve’s ‘More News Tomorrow,’ a woman takes her family on a harrowing adventure
Thursday - 06/06/2019 - 01:31 PMThe family vacation resurrects long-buried secrets.
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- In ‘Conviction,’ a woman’s innocent podcast addiction turns into something darker
Monday - 06/17/2019 - 03:00 PMDenise Mina’s novel is about as twisty — and relevant — as thrillers come.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall,’ there is life after death
Sunday - 06/16/2019 - 02:38 PMThe novelist resurrects characters from “Reamde” with a completely different story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The message of these ‘civic sermons’: Have faith in your fellow Americans
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 08:29 AMEric Liu says the nation needs a “civic religion” to restore its hope and purpose.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama’s defense secretary explains his big decisions and major frustrations
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 08:37 AMAsh Carter airs his thoughts on women in combat, the media, Susan Rice and Hamid Karzai.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A meditation on race, class — and murder — set in one of Europe’s most storied cities
Thursday - 06/13/2019 - 11:00 AMJohn Domini’s novel “The Color Inside a Melon” pushes readers beyond the expected.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How one critic’s once-iconoclastic views about television’s ascendancy went mainstream
Wednesday - 06/12/2019 - 09:00 AMNow Emily Nussbaum is pushing back against a hierarchy that rewards dramas centered on hyperbolically masculine pursuits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Poking fun at the male ego — and academia — in one cheeky little novel
Tuesday - 06/11/2019 - 10:00 AM“Loudermilk” is a delicious send-up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Migraines have plagued me for years. A new book puts my pain in perspective.
Monday - 06/10/2019 - 03:00 PMThe condition largely affects women. That may help explain why the suffering continues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Psychotherapy can solve personal problems — why not national crises?
Friday - 06/07/2019 - 08:16 AMJared Diamond makes his case by examining turning points in seven countries.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Mostly Dead Things’ captures the humor and strangeness of Florida without the easy stereotypes
Wednesday - 06/05/2019 - 09:50 AMKristen Arnett’s debut follows a woman trying to keep her family’s taxidermy shop afloat.
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- ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ is a nostalgia trip for ’90s kids — but it’s really all about the moms
Monday - 06/17/2019 - 02:19 PMThe novel aces its depictions of Delia’s catalogs, CK One and the all-consuming nature of motherhood.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Vietnam, defying U.S. authorities to rescue U.S. allies
Thursday - 06/13/2019 - 08:22 PMThurston Clarke recounts how a handful of Americans evacuated 130,000 South Vietnamese.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why did the North fight the Civil War?
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 08:25 AMElizabeth R. Varon offers a novel explanation for what motivated the conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg expands his funny, melancholy empire
Friday - 06/14/2019 - 11:36 AM“Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory” is a hilarious, poignant short-story collection.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ — and so is modern marriage
Thursday - 06/13/2019 - 09:00 AMTaffy Brodesser-Akner brings to her first novel the currency of a dating app and the wisdom of a Greek tragedy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How ‘Aladdin’ came to be: Thank (or blame) an 18th-century French scholar
Wednesday - 06/12/2019 - 11:00 AMAntione Galland heard the tale from a traveler and started writing. . .
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ sounds like homework. It’s actually fantastic.
Tuesday - 06/11/2019 - 08:00 AMThe novel, based on a Greek legend, could have been a postmodern mess if it weren’t for Haddon’s skill as a storyteller.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - America’s baseball stadiums: The hits and the misses
Thursday - 06/06/2019 - 11:24 AMTwo books examine what makes a ballpark great, and what happened in one of the wildest games ever.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A venture capitalist’s solutions for our troubled legal system
Friday - 06/07/2019 - 08:12 AMBruce Cannon Gibney addresses a long, long list of problems with U.S. criminal justice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A decade ago, her brother disappeared. In a new novel, she turns her loss into art.
Wednesday - 06/05/2019 - 08:00 AMJean Kwok’s “Searching for Sylvie Lee” is a mystery novel with a soulful heart.
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