Washington Post: Books

Gary Krist explores how great ambition and failed projects helped establish the California city.

James F. Simon explores the contentious relationship between Warren and Eisenhower.

Ronan Farrow charts the rich, messy, imperfect efforts of diplomacy in a warlike world.

Michael Dirda’s picks include Alberto Manguel’s “Packing My Library” and “Revenge of the Nerd,” by the actor who played Booger.

In ‘A Shout in the Ruins,’ Army veteran Kevin Powers turns his eye to the sins of the South

“A Million Drops” by Víctor del Árbol is a multigenerational drama that begins in the years before the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

“Beneath a Ruthless Sun” by Gilbert King tells the story of a young white man framed for rape.

Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart lay out ways companies can plan for “political risk.”

Steven Hyden journeys to the end of an era in “Twilight of the Gods.”

In the end, Trevor wrote about loneliness, not death.