The best recent books on politics and current affairs
Our selection includes books that cover the degradation of the American evangelical movement and the Philippines’ murderous war on drugs
In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, a celebrated Chinese writer interviewed people in Wuhan about their experiences during lockdown. His brave and vital book follows eight people, including a doctor at a small hospital, an unlicensed driver of a motorcycle taxi, and a citizen journalist, whose daring efforts resulted in a prison sentence.
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Books for young children that you can read over and over and over
Parents will enjoy these, too
Books that imagine that history took a different course
What if Hitler had won and Hillary Rodham had broken up with Bill Clinton?
What to read about America’s culture wars
Four books on controversies that helped to shape the presidential election
What to read about grief and bereavement
Six books about feelings that are both universal and unique to the person experiencing them
Books that probe the secrets of the Mossad
Seven books on Israeli intelligence agencies, which are spearheading the offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon
An introduction to Lebanon, perhaps the next front in a wider war
Four books and a film on a pivotal Middle Eastern country