Early Read

Seeing Red

The Soviet Union was a repressive regime that stifled all forms of creative expression. But author David King discovered a treasure trove of visual relics from the communist era by little-known photographers, designers, and artists.

SEPT. / OCT. 2009

The Early Read on Graphic Histories

When a story seems too big or too upsetting for words, sometimes pictures can do the trick. This fall, a wide range of graphic histories will become available on every subject from the life of Trotsky to a journalist's experiences in the Gaza Strip -- beautiful and harrowing books that tell their stories in multiple dimensions.

SEPT. / OCT. 2009

The Early Read: On Iran

With a contentious presidential election around the corner, a nuclear standoff looming, and a new U.S. diplomatic track to navigate, Iran is poised to dominate international headlines this spring. A slew of new tomes helps Western readers unlock the Persian puzzle.

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Early Read: On the Future

FP's new section, The Early Read, will highlight upcoming new books with big ideas. In this inaugural edition, we examine a few picks from the reliable crop of books about the future that appears every new year. These take a slightly longer view, with bold forecasts for the next century: which brewing conflicts will erupt into wars, which states will dominate, and what it will mean to live in a completely digitized world.

JANUARY 5, 2009