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Elected officials are (almost) the oldest they have ever been in Washington which is causing discussions over what it means to be fit for office.

Critic Heller McAlpin calls Valeria Luiselli's novel a "philosophical funhouse" that melds the story of a charming auctioneer with meditations on the value of objects and the power of story.

Explorer and activist Bell is best remembered today for helping create the modern state of Iraq. A smartly edited new collection of her writings presents a fascinating (if not always smooth) portrait.

With the "pace and feel of an exploded documentary," says review Alan Cheuse, Don Winslow recounts a 10-year odyssey of revenge set in Mexico against the stark history of the drug wars.

There's high demand by Cubans to research their ancestry with help from U.S.-based genealogy buffs. If they can tie it to Spain, it means a way off the island.

Tax returns released by Sen. Hillary Clinton on Friday show just how far the Clintons have moved up since they left the White House: Their gross income for eight years exceeds $109 million. The move aims to silence one theme of criticism as she battles for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Democratic presidential nomination is still up for grabs. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are taking the fight for delegates to Wisconsin. Next week, the Badger State will hold one of the country's oldest and most open primaries.

The trial is now under way in Iran of more than 100 opposition figures who challenged the results of the country's presidential election. But the trials have been carried out in such a clumsy fashion, that many in Iran say it could be doing more harm than good to the government.

New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe excels at exposing the past as he tells the story of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who disappeared after masked men abducted her during Ireland's Troubles.

Brandon Taylor deftly explores the idea of youth's possibilities and the constraints of time, space, class and wealth disparities through the intersecting lives university students and townspeople.