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Each year when asked to do a summary of the best books and videos reviewed over the past 12 months, it is always the case ...

A decade into the Trump era, readers who were once hungry to learn about the man seem to have had their fill. Not too long ...

Aim to bump older, culturally important, or much-recommended works to the top of your to-be-read list. This is an edition of ...

Lords of Finance provides an event-driven historical account of the run-up to 1929, but Sorkin’s book is a character-driven ...

The first of Villeneuve's epic revival of Frank Herbert's books lands on Netflix soon, and it comes just in time for the ...

New Ben Lerner, George Saunders gets metaphysical, and Tayari Jones makes her big post–American Marriage return.

The third installment in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit oeuvre is not only riotously entertaining and packed with great ...

This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith ...

Like his Booker Prize-winning “Lincoln in the Bardo,” “Vigil” is set in a twilight world between life and death. “Vigil” ...

The best way to fight doomscrolling in 2025? Getting off your phone and picking up a book. Luckily for us, there were plenty of un-put-down-able reads this year. Whether your genre of choice is ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Science From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of ...