Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future
By Fergus M. Bordewich
An able account of the nation’s 100th-birthday spectacle.
Cool Machine: A Novel
By Colson Whitehead
The author’s much-lauded Harlem Trilogy finishes with ferocity.
The Biographer’s Quest
By Jeffrey Meyers
An author reflects on his decades spent chronicling others’ lives.
The English Masterpiece
By Katherine Reay
Who’s behind a fake Picasso on display at the Tate?









