With big popular histories, Ferguson once aimed to influence a broad public. His pandemic book may resonate with a narrower audience.

“The Bomber Mafia” enthuses about precision tactics said to spare civilian lives. Except they didn’t.

Why did readers search for deeper meaning in the adventures of the Peanuts gang?

“This Country,” a new memoir from the host of “Hardball,” speaks volumes about the state of political punditry.

Classic American movies “Some Like It Hot” and “Sunset Boulevard” emerged from the tumult and horror of interwar Germany.

The fiercely competitive field of Dylanology pits expert against expert. No one is spared—not even Dylan himself.

Has our collective concern over teen vaping led us to ignore the lives of millions and millions of smokers?

In the wake of Roth’s biography being pulled by its publisher, the author’s most dedicated scholars are concerned about the fate of his private documents—and his legacy.

From the Vietnam War to the present, how aggrieved men cast themselves as a discriminated-against minority

Gigantic new biographies by Hermione Lee and Mark Harris reveal the possibilities—and the limits—of a life in art.

On the aesthetic legacy of HIV/AIDS activism in our own time of viral panic.

A new biography captures a poet’s commitments, reversals, and reinventions.

The heroes of Michael Lewis’s new book, “The Premonition,” are a band of intrepid policy entrepreneurs.

A series of controversies has called the industry’s supposed values into question.

On the short and momentous life of Milman Parry

Her new novel, “Peaces,” asks how much room we are willing to make for other people.

What effect will accusations of sexual assault have on the acclaimed biographer’s champions?

Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book provides the fullest accounting so far of Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis.

Elizabeth Catte’s new book traces a shameful history and its legacy today.

His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.