Tom Kizzia on Pilgrim’s Wilderness, an all-American tale of narcissism, religious mania, and the worst people who think they know best.

Jeff Guinn unmasks cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones through interviews with the people who knew him: townspeople, his parishioners, and the “reverend’s” own family.

You have to hand it to today’s hermit: despite the challenges of our crowded and noisy world, a dedicated recluse will find a way.

A Q&A with American Heiress author Jeffrey Toobin on the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the SLA, and the Swinging ‘70s.