Books
What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway?
The endgame of capitalism, in his opinion, is a world in which “almost nothing has escaped commodification.” Here Beckert refers ...
The 13 best popular science books of 2025
Holiday reading: our selection of the best non-fiction books of the year Hadinya/Getty Images The problem here is clearly outlined ...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Earth in winterAndrew Miller (Europe). This sensitively written, deeply psychological novel, nominated for the Booker Prize, follows two neighboring couples ...
Where Dante’s Divine Comedy Guides Us
Nevertheless, hell is filled with bloody and horrific torment. According to Dante, some sinners fully deserve what they get: for ...
A fascinatingly grisly guide to replacing and repairing body parts
Scaffolds like these are used to provide structure to 3D printed organs. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images You are replaceableMary Roach Oneworld ...
Celebrity Memoirs & New Novels
Photo-Illustration: Vulture Every month, audiobook connoisseur Marshall Heyman listens to hours and hours of freshly published novels and nonfiction. He ...
Quantum 2.0 review: An ambitious look at quantum physics is fun – but overdoes it a little
Quantum 2.0 approaches the limits of our knowledge of the quantum world RICHARD KEIL/SCIENTIFIC PHOTO LIBRARY Quantum 2.0Paul Davis Penguin ...
Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Age of extractionTim Wu (Knopf). Hanging over this insightful analysis of major technology platforms and their impact on the broader ...
If the Legal Campaigns Against Donald Trump Had Ended Differently
“Injustice” largely ignores these cases. His drama is tightly confined to the Justice Department—which is instructive but sometimes suffocating. Bragg's ...
The Arrogant Ape review: Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism
Chimpanzee intelligence tests are often conducted in laboratories rather than in the wild or in sanctuaries like this one. PATRICK ...
