Wizards and prophets

SCIENCE: Our book of the year shows a worldview clash

War on Poverty: Nearly won (and lost)

UNDERSTANDING AMERICA: Our book of the year focuses on the war for work

Peopling a war

UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD: Profiling the Syrian war’s rebels, jihadists, and casualties

Crises R Us

HISTORY: Examining the Civil War, immigration, and other great divides

Beyond platform shoes

WORLD’s 2018 Books of the Year

What price hope?

ACCESSIBLE THEOLOGY: Finding true comfort, sustenance, and redemption

The fortnight that was

Death, arrogance, grace, and taxes

California apocalypse

In a California town struck by a mass shooting and a wildfire, stunned neighbors and churches offered comfort to one another

Accessible Theology Books of the Year: Short List

History Books of the Year: Short List

Understanding the World Books of the Year: Short List

Understanding America Books of the Year: Short List

Science Books of the Year: Short List

Memento mori

A citywide reckoning with death in New York shows Americans may be ready to talk about a topic they once sought to avoid