A Physician Learns To Heal Himself So He Can Go Back To Healing Others
Dr. David Weill’s memoir, ‘Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant,’ tells a powerful story about how physicians can learn to help people, even when they can’t be healed.
Terrorists Are Crossing America’s Porous Borders And Biden Is Making It Worse
A new book by journalist Todd Bensman, ‘America’s Covert Border War,’ provides alarming details on a national security threat that isn’t being addressed.
A Prescription For Fixing American Family Life
Professor Scott Yenor’s book, ‘The Recovery of Family Life,’ offers valuable insight into how feminism and other post-modern ideologies are radically reshaping society, as well as some suggestions for what to do about it.
Eighties Nostalgia Meets Its Limits In ‘Ready Player Two’
‘Ready Player Two,’ the much-anticipated sequel to the popular novel and film ‘Ready Player One,’ is a loose collection of unlikable characters and precious pop culture references in search of a plot.
How Ryan Anderson’s Banned Book, ‘When Harry Became Sally,’ Helped Me With Gender Dysphoria
People like me have gone years feeling alone and ignored by the popular discussion of gender identity, but Ryan’s book gives us hope and understanding.
How Baby Boomers Ushered In Our Narcissistic Age
Helen Andrews’ book, ‘Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster,’ offers a penetrating and damning look at a generation that put America on a path to ruin.
As Americans Turn Left, We Should Remember Socialism Killed 36 Million Chinese
Chinese whistleblower Yang Jisheng’s book, ‘Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962,’ is a powerful reminder that collectivism is evil.
How To Put The Merit Back In ‘Meritocracy’
Political philosopher Michael Sandel’s ‘The Tyranny of Merit’ astutely diagnoses the root problems of America’s economic inequality and failing education systems, but fails to offer meaningful solutions.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Takes On The Progressives
A new essay collection, ‘Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West,’ illuminates how the vaunted Russian writer’s warnings about secularism and progressivism are as prescient and insightful as ever.
Freedom From Morality And Obligations Isn’t ‘Freedom’
In Ryszard Legutko’s latest book, ‘The Cunning of Freedom: Saving the Self in an Age of False Idols,’ the Polish professor and survivor of communism warns that the coercive attempts of modern liberals to redefine freedom are more destructive than liberating.
How Big Government And Big Tech Conspire Against Voters
Allum Bokhari’s book, ‘#DELETED,’ warns of the insidious ties between the incoming Biden administration and the tech oligarchs who want to shape our politics and run our lives.
‘The Invention of Sound’ Aims To Make You Scream
The latest novel from ‘Fight Club’ author Chuck Palahniuk is another satisfying, if superficial, examination of the intersection of victimhood and dark impulses.
Jack Reacher Is Evolving, But Fans May Be Wary
The latest entry in Lee Child’s popular thriller series is the first with a co-author, and the changes in tone and style are evident.
The Federalist’s Notable Books For 2020
Most of us had a little more time to read this year. So here’s our year in reading, featuring book recommendations from Federalist writers and contributors.
‘Rebirth’ Helps Women Embrace Motherhood After A Miscarriage
Joey Miller’s ‘Rebirth: The Journey of Pregnancy After a Loss,’ is an indispensable and empathetic guide for mothers trying to move on after being devastated by miscarriage or the loss of an infant.
Netflix’s Adaptation Of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Doesn’t Do The Book Justice
With little to no emphasis on J.D. Vance’s Appalachia community, the film lacks the sense of place that his memoir crafted carefully.
Dismantling Democratic Socialism, One Entertaining Argument At A Time
Conservative firebrand Dinesh D’Souza’s latest book, ‘The United States of Socialism,’ proves to be both engaging and smart in spite of some strident polemicism.
How David Ben-Gurion Helped Create The Miracle Of Israel
Tom Segev’s biography David Ben-Gurion, ‘A State at Any Cost,’ shows the Israeli founding father to be an heroic, if imperfect, visionary.
How Ray Bradbury Became The Master Of Halloween Tales
Ray Bradbury’s work contains just the right amount of nostalgia, innocence, and genuine fright to enjoy on All Hallow’s Eve.
Rod Dreher’s ‘Live Not By Lies’ Warns Of The New Totalitarianism
In his latest book, Dreher warns of the consequences of living in a post-Christian America and urges readers to suffer, if necessary, for the sake of upholding the truth.