One Life
Tom Lampert lets Nazi-era "normalcy" damn itself.
A Most Wanted Man
Hamburg, terrorism and disloyalty are Le Carré's bread-and-butter in no. 21.
The Emperor (Downfall of an Autocrat)
Kapuscinski's portrait of the rise and fall of Haile Selasie is a masterpiece of first-person journalism.
The Fire Gospel
Michel Faber hunts down Dan Brown but the result comes out flat.
How We Believe: Science, Skepticism and the Search for God
If God made the universe, asks Michael Shermer, who made God?
The Boat
Nam Le's stories scan the world in search of alienation's common thread.
Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews
For James Carroll, Roman Catholicism needs more self-criticism in approaching Jews.
War by Candlelight
Daniel Alarcón's stunning stories are shaped by his vision of a real and imagined Peru.
Black Flies
Burke's in full ghoul-throttle in the paramedic nightmare.
Light Years
James Salter's 1975 rumination of marriage vows still bonds with today's headlines.
Reunion
Another modestly successful story about middle-aged love with a younger woman — wistful, but to what end?