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New Nonfiction
Carlos Castaneda: The Mysterious Life of a Guru in 1970s California
Castaneda wrote a series of wildly popular books extolling a shaman's teachings. Was any of it real?
By
Mike Sager
| September 29, 2020
Six True Crime Books to Read in September
Cold War spy games, motorcycle gangs, and modern detectives.
By
CrimeReads
| September 25, 2020
In Which My Memory Is Rendered Real
Debora Harding was the victim of a terrible crime as a child. As an adult, she began to reconstruct the details of her trauma.
By
Debora Harding
| September 23, 2020
A Doctor High on Greed, a Biker Gang High on Opioids, and The Woman Who Paid the Price
A murder in South Jersey.
By
George Anastasia and Ralph Cipriano
| September 21, 2020
The FBI, The Second Red Scare, and the Folk Singer Who Cooperated
When the FBI went after musicians with alleged ties to Communism, Burl Ives saved his career by testifying, but at great personal cost.
By
Aaron J. Leonard
| September 18, 2020
A Legendary Spy's Unusual Recruitment in 1930s Shanghai
Ian Fleming called him “the most formidable spy in history.” In Shanghai, he discovered a daring new talent.
By
Ben Macintyre
| September 15, 2020
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
The Black Dahlia: The Long, Strange History of Los Angeles' Coldest Cold Case
By
Miles Corwin
| September 10, 2020
MS-13: How Neo-Colonial Violence and Exploitation Gave Birth to America's Most Notorious Gang
By
Steven Dudley
| September 8, 2020
Exorcisms: A Brief History of Banishing Demons
By
Joseph P. Laycock
| September 8, 2020
The CIA's Dark History of Employing Former Nazis in Postwar Europe
The young agency looked for German expertise in battling communism. In one Prussian aristocrat, it found the rotten core of Nazi extremism—and put him to work for the US.
By
Scott Anderson
| September 3, 2020
The Sad, Surprisingly Relatable Story Behind the "Astronaut Love Triangle" Scandal
In 2007, astronaut Lisa Nowak made a careful list and drove from Florida to Texas with a pistol, a knife, pepper spray, and diapers.
By
Kimberly C. Moore
| September 3, 2020
A Brief Introduction to Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett
On the eternal charms of
The Great Hotel Murder
and its fun-loving, good-natured creator.
By
Lyndsay Faye
| September 2, 2020
What the Mythology of El Chapo Guzmán Tells Us About the Reality of Drug Trafficking in the Americas
Was he a bandit, a ruthless killer, or a sacrificial lamb set up by other leaders? Answers are elusive, and that's the point.
By
Alan Feuer
| August 25, 2020
What I Learned About Myself While Tallying The Body Count of Ozark's First Season
Why do we have such a good time watching the spectacle of on-screen violence?
By
David Thomson
| August 19, 2020
Tampa Bay Noir: Shady Stuff in the Sunshine
From pirate cove, to mafia town, to the home of the "Florida Man," Tampa Bay occupies an outsize place in the crime pantheon of the Sunshine State.
By
Colette Bancroft
| August 19, 2020
How an Indiana Preacher's Son Transformed into a Western Lawman—and a Killer
Ed Cantrell went to Wyoming and cast himself in the mould of Western gunslinging icons. Then, he was charged with murder.
By
Rone Tempest
| August 14, 2020
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