Political movements without music may still be called movements, but they are not worth joining. No recent scholarship on music and politics has proven ...

Think of Rebecca Solnit’s Orwell’s Roses as a whydunit. Beyond admitting how much he influenced her as a writer/journalist/activist, Solnit was also moved to learn of the rose bushes Orwell planted by ...

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Scott Galloway Scott Galloway has gained a secure amount of wealth and a modicum of fame. His book biography describes him as ...

While scholars have illuminated bits and pieces of this immense narrative, Beckert’s massive volume brings it together with impeccable authority and perspicacity.

NPR's Books We Love returns with about 380 titles handpicked by NPR staff and critics. Reporter Andrew Limbong shares this year's nonfiction favorites with Michel Martin.

Le peuple se lève. James Carville is a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992, and a ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks about some of NPR staffers' favorite plot-driven books of 2025.