Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus. Penguin, 1,040 pages.

This week, the authorized biography of William F. Buckley Jr. was published: “Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that ...

Richard Ellmann’s “James Joyce” is a classic of literary biography. In “Ellmann’s Joyce,” Zachary Leader delves into the ...

The unitary executive theory is premised on vigorous and vigilant leadership that the country doesn’t always get.

Biography, that strange transmission, has been a good, durable idea of its own. A.I. will teach us how to “prompt” with ...

Someday, when I open a bookstore and the big bucks roll in, I’ll display titles in narrow categories, ensuring no one finds anything and has to wander. This summer survey will be my trial run.

The partnership with OR Books brings the magazine’s indispensable voice and rich roster of talent to a longform format.

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked. November 25, 2024 • Books We ...