It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Part sci-fi and part coming-of-age, the book weaves their storylines together to paint a modern portrait of what it means to fulfill the American Dream. Short-story writer Kelly Link weaves a ...

This year’s top titles range from an alphabet book of quirky tunes to an authentic portrait of our nation Megan Gambino Senior Editor When I first started compiling this year-end book list ...

The 39 most anticipated books of 2025 include Susan Choi’s long-awaited follow-up to Trust Exercise, an essay collection from environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers ...

The book follows the trio as they navigate marriage, business, and power together. Rebecca Romney, a rare book dealer, explores the women authors who most impacted Jane Austen. As the publisher ...

Every Wednesday, USA TODAY publishes the Top 150 books using sales data from the previous Monday through Sunday. We collect data from independent booksellers, bookstore chains, mass merchandisers ...

The lyricist Ira Gershwin outlived his composer brother by more than 40 years, but never quite escaped George’s shadow. Review by Joseph Epstein ...

A truckie has told how he was fined $580 and “yelled at” by two compliance officers at the Marulan weighbridge in NSW for forgetting to write that day’s date in his logbook. Greg Davies said the ...

By Holland Cotter Jason Farago and Walker Mimms Say what you will about digital futures, print still rules when it comes to art books. And 2024 has brought us a batch of hold-in-your-hand beauties.

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