Books

Is Bob Woodward Like Walter Cronkite?

• James Fallows
• September 11, 2018

Two Additions to the Political Reading List: Unbelievable and Thanks, Obama

• James Fallows
• September 28, 2017

Stories From Another Time, for Our Times: ‘We Do Our Part’

• James Fallows
• April 3, 2017

How to Understand Alibaba, ‘The House That Jack Ma Built’

• James Fallows
• April 11, 2016

Books by Friends: Skyfaring, America's Moment, Republic of Conscience

What to read about the long-forgotten elegance of flight, the under-appreciated economic potential of America, and the perhaps-fixable corruption of politics

• James Fallows
• June 26, 2015

The Moral Weight of Warfare, Explored in a New Book

A “chickenhawk nation” sends men and women to combat without fully reflecting on the strategic and moral consequences of open-ended war. An American who supervised interrogations in Iraq reminds his fellow citizens of the cost.

• James Fallows
• May 14, 2015

Books by Friends: An Ongoing Series

From the use and misuse of digital medicine, to the reasons why people should want to serve on juries, with spots for craft beer, cyber-terrorism, and the hidden story of empire in between. Lots of good reading ahead.

• James Fallows
• May 11, 2015

My Brush With Best-Sellerdom, Part Deux

So near, so far. Still a book you should read.

• James Fallows
• March 16, 2015

Rebecca Frankel and War Dogs at Sixth and I Tonight

A surprisingly moving and engrossing tale of modern war

• James Fallows
• October 23, 2014

Books by Friends

One about Berkeley, two about China, one more on the art and science of "information farming," and all worth checking out

• James Fallows
• October 21, 2014

Man Bites Dog: A Small Publisher Speaks Up on Amazon's Behalf

The latest version of an argument that has been with us for a very long time.

• James Fallows
• May 29, 2014