In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical ...

In 1994, the Irish detective Julia Harte gets assigned to a serial killer case that eats away at her until she retires and ...

A powerful new book by the law professor Michelle Adams recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools and the ...

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In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and ...

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Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services ...

The 24-time Grand Slam champion is a master of easing into majors. At every one, he has a match that lifts him up. Will this ...

Readers’ favorites shifted a bit, but no new titles joined the list during the week of Christmas and the start of Hanukkah.