Capitalism by the Numbers<p>Thomas Piketty’s <i>Capital in the Twenty-First Century</i> is a not so surprising best seller—it’s rigorously researched and arrestingly written.<br> </p> Thomas Flynn
In BriefThis Week’s Hot Reads: April 21, 2014A dystopic vision of our technological future, a bracing new analysis of capitalistic inequality, and a meditation on history and memoir. Thomas Flynn
Mission ImpossibleThis Week’s Hot ReadsThree nonfiction books: a look at missionary work in the Caribbean and Holland, an account of being a stringer in the Congo, and German espionage in the U.S. during World War I.Thomas Flynn
LegacyThis Week’s Hot Reads<p>From the controversial second book by tiger mom Amy Chua, as she tackles race and cultural advantages, to a reading of George Eliot’s <i>Middlemarch</i>.</p> Thomas Flynn
CollaborationsThis Week’s Hot ReadsFrom a biography of Beethoven focusing on his relationships, to the best of McSweeney’s.Charles Shafaieh
Actors StudioDon’t Forget Michael B. Jordan<p><i>Fruitvale Station</i> star Michael B. Jordan’s name may be next to Robert Redford and Tom Hanks at the Oscars. If not, there’s always a chance he’ll be in <i>Star Wars.</i></p> Thomas Flynn
Hype The Forgotten LeBronLenny Cooke was supposed to be an NBA superstar. Then LeBron James hit a game-winning shot that ended the high school phenom’s career.Thomas Flynn
IN THE FAMILYThis Week’s Hot ReadsThis week, from the short fiction of an overlooked American master to the family history of three generations of real-life adventurers.Mythili Rao
This Week’s Hot ReadsFrom a legend of Mexican crime fiction and a biography of Modest Musorgsky to a giant of Spanish literature.Thomas Flynn
Whodunit?The Craziest JFK ConspiraciesFrom the Secret Service agent whose gun went off accidentally to alien abduction, here are 12 experts’ favorite conspiracy theories about who killed JFK and why.Thomas Flynn
