Book review
The posthumous essays of Oliver Sacks show a remarkable mistrust of modernity
33 essays from the legendary neuroscientist illuminate the depth and breadth of his interests
Ian McEwan’s new novel confronts the machine
The British author's latest novel is full of ideas but lacks a flesh and blood centre
How to achieve long-term goals? One must be both a hedgehog and a fox
John Gaddis's new study of grand strategy draws on a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin
What forced exile does to a family
Inara Verzemnieks’s remarkable new memoir travels back through the stories of her own relatives
A plea for accountants to become boring again
Richard Brooks argues in "Bean Counters" that accountants have lost track of what they’re supposed to be doing
The church minister who was also a murderer
When he was 24 years old, James Nelson killed his mother with a truncheon. After serving 10 years in prison, he claimed God’s forgiveness
Steven Pinker's new book is a compelling manifesto for optimism
The world is becoming a better place—despite appearances to the contrary
Peter Carey's reckoning with Australia's genocidal past
A Long Way From Home dramatises a collision of two histories
Ian Black is aware of Ben-Gurion's myth making—so why can't his new book step outside it?
The Israeli leader thought Palestinian nationalism was artificial but Jewish nationalism authentic
Man Booker 2017: George Saunders and the sorrows of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln in the Bardo has won the 2017 Man Booker prize. In Prospect's review from March, Fatema Ahmed explains why it stands apart as a novel
Chris Renwick's brilliant "Bread For All" explains the creation of the welfare state
And correctly implies that Labour—including the current leader Jeremy Corbyn—is more the product of David Ricardo and Jeremy Bentham than Karl Marx and William Morris
What actually is money? A new book examines early civilisations to find out
The central insight of David Birch's "Before Babylon" is that money is essentially a technology, just like any other and that technologies change—and improve—over time