Culture | Books of the year
Page turners
The best books of 2012 were about Richard Burton, Titian, Rin Tin Tin, the revolution in Iran, the great famine in China, secret houses in London, good oil companies, bad pharma and management in ten words
Politics and current affairs
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era. By Michael Grunwald. Simon & Schuster; 528 pages; $28. Buy from Amazon.com
The most interesting book so far about the first Obama administration and what the president’s $787 billion stimulus package was actually spent on, by an award-winning author and journalist. Even Republicans should read it.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline "Page turners"
Culture December 8th 2012
From the December 8th 2012 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from Culture
The trial of Donald Trump, considered as courtroom drama
Is it more like “Witness for the Persecution” or “A Few Rude Men”?
Caitlin Clark will always be underpaid
But the female basketball players who come after her won’t be
What strategies actually work to fight dying?
A prominent biologist tackles a morbid topic